Modern Man - Howard Jones

Give him something to hang on to

Give him something that won’t fade

Give him dreams that won’t be shattered

Give him a life with the bills all paid

But it never ever comes his way

They were telling him lies all day

Let him have a cast iron religion

Give him something that’s always right

Make love in one position

Give him justice without a fight

But it never ever comes his way

They were telling him lies all day

(I’m a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh

With a vision of a life that can’t be found (I'm a modern man)

What’s it like to be a modern man oh oh

With a vision of a life that can’t be found

Let him have a life without conflict

While your at it give him everything he needs

He wants the cake and he wants the pudding

But he doesn’t ever want to bleed

But it never ever comes his way

They were telling him lies all day

(I’m a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh

With a vision of a life that can’t be found

(I’m a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh

With a vision of a life that can’t be found

You told him it was always black & white

You wound up living in a world of grey

But it never ever comes his way oh oh

(I’m a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh

With a vision of a life that can’t be found

(I’m a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh

With a vision of a life that can’t be found

(I'm a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh (give me a life

without conflict)

With a vision of a life that can’t be found (give me everything I need)

(I'm a modern man) what’s it like to be a modern man oh oh (I want the cake

and I want the pudding)

With a vision of a life that can’t be found (but I don’t want to bleed)