In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
I'm a real man, got some real guitar I'm a real man,
I don't even know where the boys are
I don't mean to frighten you little girl 'cause you're so sweet and nice
I don't need to tell you twice
I'm a real man I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man
Real man baby,
I ain't lyin' just thirty-one years old now
And I don't mind dying you can put the voodoo on me
Girl ain't nothin' I can't dodge check out this
Lincoln in my garage kids these days, talkin' about
These young folks they're just about as wild
As Pollyanna after she growed up man,
After a hard day in the coal
Mine, I sure don't want to live just
About as dangerous as a junior executive
I'm a real man
I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man
Every dollar I earn, I turn around and I burn and if I land in jail,
I know a whole lot of women willing to pay my
Bail you might think I'm just some fool on a boast
But people are already talkin' now from coast to coast this
Ain't Dan Rather talking, I ain't no president's son but I know how to have my fun
I'm a real man
I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man
I don't even know where the boys are
I don't mean to frighten you little girl 'cause you're so sweet and nice
I don't need to tell you twice
I'm a real man I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man
Real man baby,
I ain't lyin' just thirty-one years old now
And I don't mind dying you can put the voodoo on me
Girl ain't nothin' I can't dodge check out this
Lincoln in my garage kids these days, talkin' about
These young folks they're just about as wild
As Pollyanna after she growed up man,
After a hard day in the coal
Mine, I sure don't want to live just
About as dangerous as a junior executive
I'm a real man
I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man
Every dollar I earn, I turn around and I burn and if I land in jail,
I know a whole lot of women willing to pay my
Bail you might think I'm just some fool on a boast
But people are already talkin' now from coast to coast this
Ain't Dan Rather talking, I ain't no president's son but I know how to have my fun
I'm a real man
I got to rock like a real man
Don't get no shock from that elevator music in your computer program
How'd you like to rock with a real man
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I'm a Real Man Lyrics as written by John Hiatt
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