Manchild

Neneh Cherry

OK, you're on your own, it's late


Your girlfriend is on another date with the hero in your dream


Turn around, ask yourself. So, you think you're gonna win this time


Manchild?





Is it the pain of the drinking


Or the Sunday sinking feeling


The car never seems to work


When it's late your girlfriend's on a date


And the hero with her in your dream


In your sleep it seemed to like you


Turn around and ask yourself


Turn around ask yourself





Chorus:


Manchild, will you ever win


Manchild, look at the state you're in





Could you go undercover


And sell your brand new lover (could you)


Be someone else for a night


Maybe someone else will love you


You sell your soul for a tacky song


Like the one you hear on the radio


Turn around ask yourself


Turn around and ask yourself





Chorus:


Manchild, will you ever win


Manchild, look at the state you're in


Manchild, he will make you cry


Manchild, Manchild, Manchild





From Monday down to Friday


You're working on another man's car


Or is it in the factory?


It doesn't matter where you are





Just turn around and ask yourself is this communication


Accentuate the positive and give some illustration


See Manchild, you're no one, you turn the microphone on


Control communication when I'm kickin' it and so on


To the point that I need, the air that I breathe


Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive-


For the meantime another mean rhyme, I keep on sayin' it


I know what the time is the crowd will keep playing it


Through the speaker boxes loud's my diagnosis


'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses.


Enough R-E-S-P-E and C-T


Respect yourself express no stress the mike is easy


Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe.





Turn around ask yourself





Chorus:


Manchild, will you ever win


Manchild, look at the state you're in


Manchild, he will make you cry


Manch