What Kind of a Man Am I?

Since you been gone

I cried a river for you

But that's a waste of time

And a waste of water too

I'm hanging out these nights

In all these twilight worlds

With the late night news

And the weather girls

No one here but me

And so I sit and cheer

I'm watching sports TV

I'm drinking lukewarm beer

I can take the pain

I can stand the rain

But what I cannot bear

Is that bum giving you his name

I wanna tell the whole wide world

What a crying shame it all is

But I get tongue-tied up

Just trying to say my name without saying his

What kind of a man am I?

Giving up on love without a try

I thought what we had was like a special thing

But now I see you wearing that bum's ring

And what kind of a girl are you?

Tell me you love me then you tell him too

Guess I'll be wondering 'til the day I die

What kind of man am I?

It's a crying shame

What's becoming of me

Hey, I'm not half the man

That I used to be

And it's you to blame

With your dirty tricks

You give a dog a name

You best believe it sticks

I can't compete with the fancy cars

And the limousines he owns

But there's a heart beating ten feet tall

Inside of all of this skin and bones

What kind of a man am I?

I read the papers, let the world go by

I let him walk you right through the door

When I should have punched him on the jaw

And what kind of a girl are you?

Tell me you love me then you tell him too

Too dumb to laugh and too proud to cry

What kind of man am I?

It's hard enough trying to hold my head up

On the streets of our tiny town

If there's a God up in Heaven

I wonder if he'd send a bolt of lightning down

What kind of a man am I?

I want to tell you but I'm too damn shy

I stood and let him give me all that grief

When I should have kicked him in the teeth

And what kind of a girl are you?

Tell me you love me then you tell him too

Guess I'll be wondering 'til the day I die

What kind of man am I?

Guess I'll be wondering 'til the day I die

What kind of man am I?

What kind of man am I?