Masculinity - from La Cage Aux Folles - The Silver Stage Orchestra and Cast

I want you to pick up that

Piece of toast like a man

Think of this as

Masculine toast and masculine butter

Ready for spreading by a masculine hand

Pick up that knife and make believe it's a machete

It'll take all your strength and steady nerves

For hacking your way through the cherry preserves

Think of John Wayne and Jean Paul Belmondo

Think of the Legionnaires and Charlemagne's men

So like a stevedore you grab your cup

And if God forbid that your pinky pops up

You can climb back up the mountain once again

Listen to that

About that voice of yours

Grunt like an ape and growl like a tiger

Give us a roaring snorting masculine laugh

Try to remember that John Wayne was not soprano

Try giving it rough and gruff and low

Try more of John Wayne and less Brigitte Bardodt

Think of De Gaulle and pick up Rasputin

Think like a Daniel marching into the den

While trying to join the burly brutes

If you forget that your nylons are under your boots

You can climb back up the mountain once again

Think Ghengis Kan

Think

And think Taras Bulba

Think think think

Think of Atilla's Huns

And Robin Hood's men

Hup hup

Try not to weaken or collapse

If they discover the petticoat under your chaps

You can climb back up the mountain once again

Woah yeah