Talk tougher than james cagney
  act smarter than charlie chan
  love longer than valentino
  or you never will be a man
  
  i saw him down at the drive-in saturday
  a forty five to blow away anyone who happens to disagree
  with such panache and style, he wins the game
  when all the while, i'm sitting here thinking that it could be me
  
  suddenly, in walks a criminologist
  with too much knowledge to resist and plenty of answers
  for the good at heart
  no fear, no pain, no sweat, the teardrop on the serviette,
  oh i could be a hero if i was that smart
  
  silver cloud, silver tongue on a liver screen
  with the sweetest of the sweet and meanest of the mean
  
  talk tougher than james cagney
  act smarter than charlie chan
  love longer than valentino
  or you never will be a man
  
  back to the movies where
  the lady, beset by his charms, falls faintly in the lovers arms
  the fate of every watching woman in his hands
  after the earth moves, musn't dwell, our hero bids a fond farewell
  upon his trusty camel 'cross the desert sands
  
  with the bad guys in a fix and the ladies in a spin
  where does fantasy end and reality begin?
  
  talk tougher than james cagney
  act smarter than charlie chan
  love longer than valentino
  or you never will be a man
  
  when you take up the sword and you fight the good fight
  with your ego in the red and your dreams in black and white.
  
  talk tougher than james cagney
  act smarter than charlie chan
  love longer than valentino
  or you never will be a man