Men
Loudon Wainwright III
Album: History(1992)

Capo 2
Chords:
Dmaj7      xx0222
A*         x02225

D (xx0232@1)             Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)          A (x02220@1)           A*
When a ship is sinking and they lower the lifeboats
     G (320003@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)hand out the lifejackets, the men keep on their coats
D (xx0232@1)                Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)          A (x02220@1)              A*
The women and the children are the ones who must go first
         G (320003@1)                                 DAnd (xx0232@1)the men who try to save their skins are cowards and are cursed

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                     DEvery (xx0232@1)man's a captain, men know how to drown
A (x02220@1)                                 G (320003@1)          DMan (xx0232@1)the lifeboats if there's room, otherwise go down

And it's the same when there's a war on; it's the men who go to fight
Women and children are civilians, when they're killed it's not right
Men kill men in uniform; it's the way war goes
When they run they're cowards, when they stay they are heroes

Chorus:
Every man's a general, men go off to war
The battlefield's a man's world; cannon fodder's what they're for

It's the men who have the power; it's the men who have the might
And the world's a place of horror; because each man think he's right
A man's home is his castle, so the family let him in
But what's important in that kingdom, is the women and children

Chorus:
A husband and a father, every man's a king
But he's really just a drone, gathers no honey has no sting

Chorus:
Have pity on the general, the king and the captain
They know they're expendable, after all they're men