(原詩)

When I was a child
I thought as a child
I spoke as a child
I didn't know better, better

But now I'm a man
I look like a man
I'm old as a man
And I should know better, better

Got my head in the sky
And my mind knows what it wants
But my body just drags me down

And my world is
Something you can't see
But it's still very real to me
You can find it in the hole
Where I keep my soul
There it is - way down inside me

There's a real man, a real man
Forget about my body
And be a real man

I see with my heart
I hear with my heart
I feel with my heart
Sometimes it works better, better

And some so-called friends
Put me down
And they pity me for trying
Bad emotions push me around

But the vision shines on and on
It will shine when we all are gone
And I'd like to add a little sparkle
While I'm here
Light it up - way down inside me

There's a real man, a real man
Forget about bad feelings
And be a real man

Some men's world is only hate and money
Afraid of everything
And they laugh at nothing
And they only live to criticize

You can laugh at me now (ha ha ha)
But the time comes to everybody
When you must decide

When that day finally comes along
You might wish you'd been
A little more strong
Then you'll wake up in the morning
Cryin' "Oh my God"
There it is - way down inside me

It's a real man, a real man
You got to grow up sometime
Be a real man, a real man
Suffer them slings and arrows
Be a real man
Now be a real man
Don't sell yourself for nothing
Be a real man, be a real man
Don't take no crap from no one
Be a real man, be a real man
Get your trip together
Be a real man, be a real man