Whiskey and Cigars

DATE: Dec 31, 2006   PHOTOGRAPHER: Albertine

TEMPER SAYS: “
Take your mind back - I don't know when
Sometime when it always seemed to be just us and them
Girls that wore pink, boys that wore blue
Boys that always grew up better men than me and you

What's a man now - what's a man mean?
Is he rough or is he rugged - Is he cultural and clean?

Now it's all changed - it's got to change more
'Cause we think it's getting better but nobody's really sure
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are...

See the nice boys - dancing in pairs
Golden earring golden tan, blow-wave in the hair
Sure they're all straight - straight as a line
All the gays are macho, see their leather shine
You don't want to sound dumb - don't want to offend
So don't call me a faggot
Not unless you are a friend
Then if you're tall and handsome and strong
You can wear the uniform and I could play along

And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are”