Gratuitous Lyric Post

Because I've been in a serious Nik Kershaw mood lately, and because some discussions elsewhere on LJ have irresistibly brought to mind this song from his 1999 album 15 Minutes, you all get to have lyrics while I try to find a reason to write a real post. Enjoy!

Billy is a new man, he does the best he can to figure out what it's about, and what the hell he's meant to be
He does the right thing when expected, nuff respect, once in a while he likes a smoke and a joke, just as long as it's PC
And he thinks that he cries at the Movies
'Cos he's in touch with his feminine side
Sally wants a proud man
Sally wants a proud man
Sally wants a proud man
But she's taken all his pride

Billy is a new man, at least when she's around, a model father or if needed, he'll be mother for the day
He watches "Men Behaving Badly" though he'll gladly switch it off if she's offended, he'll pretend it wasn't funny anyway
He's got one face he keeps for his woman
And one for when he's out with the guys
Sally wants a true man
Sally wants a true man
Sally wants a true man
But he's living out a lie

Better go and find an analyst, or something,
time for sorting out his head
Better go and find a book to read about it,
just like his daddy never did

And he reads Marie Claire at the Doctors, just in case there is something he should know
Sally wants a free man
Sally wants a free man
Sally wants a free man
But she will not let him go

Billy is confused, he feels abusive and abused, he's got his one hand on an olive branch, the other on his crotch
He drives a sensible coupe, he thinks Oasis are OK, he drinks non alcoholic lager though he'd rather have a scotch
And he tries very hard to be happy, but there are a few little things in the way

Billy wants a good girl and a bad girl and blonde girl, and a brunette or a Bond girl and a house maid and a teas maid and a French maid yeah, a sex aid and a Goddess and a confidante, a wet nurse and an agony aunt, a lover, mother, baby sitter, a young girl with a pretty face and smart but not too smart to love an arsehole, yes, an arsehole, Billy wants to be an arsehole, singin'

Billy wants it all now
Billy wants it all now
Billy wants it all now
But he's too ashamed to say
And
Sally wants a Superman
Sally wants a Superman
Sally wants a Superman
She hasn't got a chance

--"Billy," Nik Kershaw