Prairie Voices - Manly Men

The Prairie Voices men perform "Manly Men" at their When Daisies Pied dessert concert. May, 2010. ----------------------- Lyrics: We are men and we like to sing In big block chords and close harmony. Our songs all sound the same, And most of them are really lame; But though we may not always inspire At least we're not a women's choir. First tenors have the highest voice, for most of us it's not by choice Singing still at twenty-three Like we missed our puberty, When our pitch turns sour We just sing a little louder Tight underwear's the key To singing a high "C." Second tenors are not geeks We're just first tenors with poor techniques, But should you love us any less Just because we crack when we try to sing an "F?" We don't sing too high and we don't sing too low And we're not as arrogant as the first tenors, we know We want you to love us like the rest Of the "Pips" and "Garfunkels" who are second best. Baritones are by far the sexiest. Feast your ears upon our vocal studliness. We will sing when we're just forty-five With vibratos five miles wide. If God came down and took our brains away Then they would sing "la donna mobile." We are tired of root progressions, Walking bass lines, record sessions Where are we sing is that stupid "dip di dip dip dah." We try so hard with all our mights To sing so low we shake the lights. We wish we had voices like James Earl Jones or Barry White, But we're just human, our throats are hurting And our low singing sounds more like burping, But we're the basses we keep singing, 'cause... We are men and we like to sing In big block chords and close harmony. Our songs all sound the same, Like bad rewrites of "There is nothing like a dame" And though our repertoire consists Of drinking songs and sailor songs And barbershop quartets, We thank God every day From our head down to our toes That we are not sopranos or altos. (Or tenors).