Like many tracks on this album this piece existed as a poem before I began writing songs. Somewhere I'd seen that in Japan was a brand of jeans called "Today's Man".
lyrics
Today’s Man watch him walk
Flashing black and nameless pre-recorded down the street
Today’s Man watch him walk
Rich, holy, shameless he’s programmed to repeat
*Hey, hurry up do it right, do it all, right now!
Hey, watch your money, watch your mouth,
watch out! Today's Man!
Today’s Man watch him look
Only at an object’s face he feels life with his eyes
Today’s Man watch him look
How he finds his place in life is with the good things that he buys
*Hey, hurry up do it right, do it all, right now!
Hey, watch your money, watch your mouth,
watch out! Today's Man!
Today’s Man watch him go
Like an intense prayer, like self denial
Today’s Man watch him go
Six feet under holding tight to his lifestyle
*Hey, hurry up do it right, do it all, right now!
Hey, watch your money, watch your mouth,
watch out! Today's Man!
credits
from Scenic Route,
released March 3, 2003
Words + Music Willi Brown
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