What Makes A Man

My mom and I we live alone A grand appartment is our home In fareholm towers I have to keep me company Two cats a dog a paraket 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 sew a bit Though mom 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 end nude from head to toe After stripteasing Each night the men look so surprised I change my s*x before they're eyes Tell me if you can What makes a man a man Round three o'clock or so, I meet With friends to have a bite to eat And conversation We talk and empty out our hearts On every subject from the arts To liberation We love to pull apart someone And spread some gossip just for fun Or start a rumor We let our hair down so to speak And mock ourselves with tongue and cheek And inside humor So many time we have to pay For having fun and being gay It's not amusing There's always those to 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 mascarades comes to an end When I go home to bed again Alone and friendless I close my eyes and think of him And fantasize what might have been My dreams are endless We love each other but it seems The love lives 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 have I got And what I am, and what I'm not What am I giving But 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 defenseless Nobody has the right to be The judge of what is right for me Tell me if you can What makes a man a man --- WHAT MAKES A MAN - Charles Aznavour