Severin Browne Calypso Rose lyrics

People through the ages all have disagreed
what it takes to be a man, what character you need.
Well, there's a woman from Trinidad who says she's got it down:
all it takes to be a man is make a joyful sound.

Calypso Rose say "a man is a man"
I say it's a little bit more than that.
A man can choose his own direction
and what he wears as a hat.
Calypso Rose say "a man is a man"
I say that's a pretty good place to start.
But if you want to be a good man,
you've got to open up your heart.

Everybody's different from his neighbor man.
But some will go a whole lot further to be the best that he can.
Some say that's important, some say not so much...
Some say everything you need you find in a lover's touch.

Calypso Rose say "a man is a man"
I say it's a little bit more than that.
A man can choose his own direction

and what he wears as a hat.
Calypso Rose say "a man is a man"
I say that's a pretty good place to start.
But if you want to be a good man,
you've got to open up your heart.

And when your life is through and you have passed away,
How you gonna 'count for your lies and cheating
on your judgment day?

Calypso Rose say "a man is a man"
I say it's a little bit more than that.
A man can choose his own direction
and what he wears as a hat.
Calypso Rose say "a man is a man"
I say that's a pretty good place to start.
But if you want to be a good man,
you've got to open up your heart.