It Takes a Lot To Know a Man

It takes a lot to know a man It takes a lot to understand The warrior, the sage The little boy enraged It takes a lot to know a woman A lot to understand what's humming The honey-bee, the stings The little girl with wings It takes a lot to give To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel the slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to know a man A lot to know to understand The father and the son The hunter and the gun It takes a lot to know a woman A lot to comprehend what's coming The mother and the child The muse and the beguiled It takes a lot to give To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to be To touch, to feel the slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to give To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel the slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to live To ask for help, to be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel the slow reveal Of what another body needs What are you so afraid to lose? What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? (so afraid to lose) What are you so afraid to lose? (Tell me, tell me, you're nervous and you're sorry) What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? (Crying like a baby, saying this thing is killing me) (It takes a lot to know a man...) What are you so afraid to lose? (It takes a lot to know a man...) What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? (It takes a lot to know a man...) What is it you carry on your bag? (It takes a lot to know a man...) What is it you notice when you know you can't laugh? (Know you can, have to know...)