Every Man lyrics

I was born in the city hospital
Torn from darkness into the light
First man I saw was the first to hit me
First woman I saw said hush don`t cry.

I played with girls till I was six years old
Guys told me you don`t want no girl a friend
You can kiss em you can touch em
When you screw em you`ll be a man.

Every man gonna be a soldier
Every man be cut to kill
Every man looking over his shoulder
Every man be shaking still.

I played war, king of the mountain
When I hurt I did not cry kids`d laugh
Big guy hit me hot fire in the stomach
I hit a little guy put him on his back.

Mike and me eight-year-old cowboys
He said c`mon whatsa matter you a queer
We went to Molly`s pulled her down and kissed her
She got up walked inside without a word.

Every man gonna be a soldier
Every man be cut to kill
Every man looking over his shoulder
Every man be shaking still.

Came the war to my generation
Government said son it`s your time make us proud
Some went to jail some went to Canada
Some went over some went crazy some went down.

I walk the streets jagged with strangers
Wait for the gauntlet to be hurled
Push to shove edge of a razor
Make something of it he`ll cut you good.

Every man gonna be a soldier
Every man be cut to kill
Every man looking over his shoulder
Every man be shaking still.

I have killed but I am not a killer
I have cried out at the devil in the dark
I have reached out through the bars of my confinement
I have watched the tower I built fall apart.

Gonna listen for the breathing of the baby
Gonna hold him in my arms when he cries
Gonna meet my lover`s gaze without turning
Gonna see myself and be satisfied.

Every man got love abiding
Every man got a hurt unhealed
Every man got a heart in hiding
Every man gonna be revealed
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