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Time with my girl I spent it well
I had to be strong for my woman
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)
She needed to be protected

The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my self-respect
So I got into camouflage

The girls they love to see you shoot

I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform

To have ambitions was my ambition
But I had nothing to show for my dreams
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)

The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my confidence
So I got into camouflage

The girls they love to see you shoot

I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform

I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)

To have ambition
Was my ambition
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)

The girls they love to see you shoot
The girls they love to see you shoot

I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)
I love a man in a uniform

The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a...)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you’re dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a... bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a... bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you’re dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a... bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you’re dead)
(they love a... they love a... they love a...)
(I love a man in a uniform)

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b-pot On Apr 09, 2004

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Time with my girl I spent it well
I had to be strong for my woman
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)
She needed to be protected

The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my self-respect
So I got into camouflage

The girls they love to see you shoot

I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform

To have ambitions was my ambition
But I had nothing to show for my dreams
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)

The good life was so elusive
Handouts, they got me down
I had to regain my confidence
So I got into camouflage

The girls they love to see you shoot

I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform

I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)
I need an order
(shoot, shoot)

To have ambition
Was my ambition
Time with my girl I spent it well
(you must be joking, o man you must be joking)

The girls they love to see you shoot
The girls they love to see you shoot

I love a man in a uniform
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)
I love a man in a uniform

The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a...)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you’re dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a... bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a... bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you’re dead)
I love a man in a uniform
(they love a... they love a... they love a... bang bang)
(they love to see you shoot)

The girls they love to see you shoot
(bang bang you’re dead)
(they love a... they love a... they love a...)
(I love a man in a uniform)

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2004-04-09 00:26:26

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Cover art for I Love a Man in a Uniform lyrics by Gang of Four

by Zubby

17y ago

I love this song. It's slyly subversive and full of the sarcasm that Gang of Four were so good at. Here, they are trashing the machismo that's used as a marketing tool of the armed forces. It plays on all the cliches of 'becoming a real man' by tying them to sexual prowess, and ultimately exposes them as impotent-the guy who is so full of self confidence can't perform without receiving an order.

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by DrRoy

15y ago

Right on, Zubby. I especially dig the way that whenever he talks about his "girl", she retorts with "oh man you must be joking".

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by zertrudetrout

21y ago

Great song. Contains possibly the best innuendo in pop music history: "The girls they love to see you shoot" has me giggling every time...tumbleweed...

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by SINKINGx3HEARTS

20y ago

I like this song too. I like to sway to it. xD

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by captlafl69

14y ago

i used to dance to this at the Exit in Chicago 1984

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