REAL MAN

If I were a real man

you wouldn't have left.

If I weren't so weak

stronger, more courageous

more capable

you'd have seen no way to defy

my evident masculinity.

You'd have bent to my will

succumbed to my whims

worn the whips out

and let me go wild

whenever I wanted.

If I were a real man

you'd be with me today.

But if I weren't so weak

you wouldn't have wanted me anyway.