Momma, I'm
Just water and flesh
The girls have got it easier
They don't face this harshness
You say you wanna real man
I say I'm as real as they come
You say you wanna real son
Who holds the world for everyone

For the boys
Who hold the world up every
Sunrise to sunset
For the girls
Who pull down all the weak men every
Sunrise to sunset

Father, I'm
Just not interested in
Being so strong and solid
Why must we hold
All these feelings in?
I think the girl is catching on
She says I wanna real man
I say I'm as real as they come
She says I wanna be with someone
To hold me up and hold me close and

For the boys
Who hold the world up every
Sunrise to sunset
For the girls
Who pull down the worlds of weak men every
Sunrise to sunset

Sunrise to sunset
Don't forget, honey, don't forget this date and this place and all the
things you gotta take care of the bills, the kids, my sadness, my needs
and wants and listen here to all of the things that are wrong, I'm
right, I'm always right, so just take it like a man and hold it down
and down again

For the boys
Who hold the world up every
Sunrise to sunset
For the girls
Who pull down the shades with the
Boy crying in her
Sunrise to sunset
For the boys...who...
Sunrise to sunset
For the boys who-o-o
Sunrise to sunset
Who hold the world up every
Sunrise to sunset
And never...no never...let go