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Get a copy of this song, in English, written and sung by Charles Aznavour--I saw him perform this in the 60s at Carnegie Hall and have never forgotten that evening,
him or the song--just reading it can make a man cry!! Recently Liza
Minnelli added it to her one woman show and brought the house to a
standing ovation. Don't know if it is on Youtube but certainly worth downloading if it is.
WHAT MAKES A MAN
Charles Aznavour (France)
Gay lyrics : What makes a man
My mum and I we live alone
A great apartment is our home
In Fairhome Towers
I have to keep me company
Two dogs, a cat, a parakeet
Some
plants and flowers
I help my mother with the chores
I wash, she dries, I
do the floors
We work together
I shop and cook and sow a bit
Though
mum does too I must admit
I do it better
At night I work in a strange
bar
Impersonating every star
I'm quite deceiving
The customers come
in with doubt
And wonder what I'm all about
But leave believing
I do
a very special show
Where I am nude from head to toe
After stripteasing
Each night the men look so surprised
I change my sex before their eyes
Tell me if you can
What makes a man a man
At 3 o'clock or so I meet
With friends to have a bite to eat
And
conversation
We love to empty out our hearts
With every subject from the
arts
To liberation
We love to pull apart someone
And spread some
gossip just for fun
Or start a rumour
We let our hair down, so to speak
And mock ourselves with tongue-in-cheek
And inside humour
So many
times we have to pay
For having fun and being gay
It's not amusing
There's always those that spoil our games
By finding fault and calling
names
Always accusing
They draw attention to themselves
At the
expense of someone else
It's so confusing
Yet they make fun of how I
talk
And imitate the way I walk
Tell me if you can
What makes a man
a man
My masquerade comes to an end
And I go home to bed again
Alone
and friendless
I close my eyes, I think of him
I fantasise what might
have been
My dreams are endless
We love each other but it seems
The
love is only in my dreams
It's so one sided
But in this life I must
confess
The search for love and happiness
Is unrequited
I ask myself
what I have got
Of what I am and what I'm not
What have I given
The
answers come from those who make
The rules that some of us must break
Just to keep living
I know my life is not a crime
I'm just a victim
of my time
I stand defenceless
Nobody has the right to be
The judge
of what is right for me
Tell me if you can
What make a man a man
Tell me if you can
Tell me if you can
Tell me if you can
What
makes a man a man
