Lyric Fair Warning

You know, wishing won t make it so
Hoping won t do it, praying won t do it
Religion won t do it, philosophy won t do it
The supreme court won t do it,
       the president and the congress won t do it
The UN won t do it, the H-bomb won t do it,
       the sun and the moon won t do it
And God won t do it,
       and I certainly won t do it
That leaves you, you ll have to do it

I know that you ve been wondering
       if I m the same man inside
Never tried to fool you
        cause I ve got nothing to hide
I gave you fair warning I could never be tied down
Til I ve seen paradise with my very own eyes
Love owns us all, Time owns us all, Life owns us all
But the world doesn t own me
Dontcha follow me now
I ain t afraid to say I may have been wrong
I have to go now
I d rather live by a dream than live by a lie
And that s why
There ain t no cure for what I ve got baby
We just have to suffer
I feel no pain, I can t complain,
       things could always be rougher
But I picked up this banner
       and I just can t put it down (No)
I can t let the world die just cause no one would try
Dontcha follow me now
Everybody s got to find his own place in the sun,
       everyone
So shine on me now
I d rather live by a dream then live by a lie
You can say what you will about me
       talk is cheap and I don t mind
When you lay your life down in them grooves
       you know you re bound to get scratched up sometime
It s only just a song, pay me no mind
I have to go now
You ve got to walk that road alone
       if you walk it at all
Don t follow me now
I gave you all fair warning
Now it s goodbye
And every once in a while why don t you think of me
Cause it s a long, long time and a long way to go
Can t you see the light shining in my eyes
Cause it s just one victory
Cause your dream goes on forever
Don t you know that I ve been trying
       to get my trip together
Be a real man
I got to be a real man
1, 2, 3, do it one more time
Be a real man
Everybody be a real man
Go then, don t believe, and I don t know
Cause I got to be a real man
You can be a man, a real man
I ll swim that river, climb that mountain
You and me, we all gotta be, real men