Steel Strings

(peter case) Well all those nights they hit rock bottom The songs they sang, well, we forgot 'em You could hear them play with shaky hands Guitars strung up with rubber bands Singing do you want a man of steel? Or do you want a man that's real They used to play in the courts of kings Now they're only made of steel when they're On steel strings They used to be on every schoolgirl's wall And they never dropped the beat at all They could make it soar, they could make it hot Once they got started they could never stop Singing, do you want a man of steel or Do you want a man that's real? Some of them hide when the doorbell rings They're only made of steel when they're on steel strings Playing the man on steel strings Were you expecting maybe superman? The best they do is the best they can The manager's doing time in jail (applause) And the pink cadillac is up for sale Singing do you want a man of steel Or do you want a man that's real They try their hands at a thousand things But they're only made of steel When they're on steel strings --- Steel Strings - Marshall Crenshaw