Laid here with the advertising sliding past my eyes   like cartoons from other peoples lives   I start to wonder what it takes to be a man      Well, I learned to drink and I learned to smoke   And I learned to tell a dirty joke   If that's all there is, then there's no point for me      So please, can I ask just why we're alive?   'Cause all that you do seems such a waste of time   And if you hang around too long you'll be a man, tell me 'bout it      Your car can get up to a hundred and ten   You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again   And nothing ever makes no difference to a man      So you stumble into town and hold your stomach in   Show them what you've got though they've seen everything   Yeah, you're a beauty but they've seen your type before      You've got no need but still you want   So go and book that restaurant   The wine will flow and then you'll just fly away      So please, can I ask just why we're alive?   'Cause all that you do seems such a waste of time   And if you hang around too long you'll be a man, tell me 'bout it      Your car can get up to a hundred and ten   You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again   And nothing ever makes no difference to a man      Tell me 'bout it      So please, can I ask just why we're alive?   'Cause all that you do seems such a waste of time   And if you hang around too long you'll be a man, tell me 'bout it      Your car can get up to a hundred and ten   You've nowhere to go but you'll go there again   And nothing ever makes no difference to a man      To a man, to a man   To a man, that's what I am