Men - Loudon Wainwright III

Men - Loudon Wainwright III
Written by：Loudon Wainwright III
When a ship is sinking and
They lower the lifeboats
And hand out the life jackets
The men keep on their coats
The women and the children are the ones
Who must go first
And the men who try to save their skins
Are cowards and are cursed
Every man's a captain men know how to drown
Man the lifeboats if
There's room otherwise go down
And it's the same when
There's a war on
It's the men who go to fight
Women and children are civilians
When they're killed it's not right
Men kill men in uniform it's the way war goes
When they run they're cowards
When they stay they are heroes
Every man's a general men go off to war
The battlefields a man's world
Cannon fodders what they're for
It's the men who have the power
It's the men who have the might
And the world's a place of horror
Because each man thinks he's right
A man's home is his castle
So the family let him in
But what's important in that kingdom
Is the women and the children
A husband and a father every man's a king
But he's really just a drone
Gathers no honey has no sting
Have pity on the general
The king and the captain
They know they're expendable
After all they're men