Men(Live) - Loudon Wainwright III

Men - 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
Its 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