written by Tom Scholz)



What does it take to be a man?

What dos it take to see it's a heart and soul, a gentle hand?

So easy to want and so hard to give.

How can you be a man 'til you see beyond the life you live?

Oh, what does it take to be a man?



We can be blind, but a man tries to see.

It takes tenderness for a man to be what he can be.



And what does it mean if you're weak or strong?

A gentle feelin' can make it right or make it wrong.

What does it take to be a man?



The will to give and not receive.

The strength to say what you believe.

The heart to feel what others feel inside.

To see what they can see.



A man is somethin' that's real.

It's not what you are

It's what you can feel.

It can't be too late

To look through the hate

And see.

I know that's what a man can be