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Oh.
God.
God.
Goddammit.
Goddammit!
Goddammit.
Goddammit.
This is how it is.
Yes, this is how it is.
Goddammit!
When I was a boy I thought
I had it made.
My coach said to me
you could be good.
damned good
I had the instincts.
I could hit the ball.
I could hit the ball.
I could run.
I could run
My dad played football.
My dad played football.
But then they said
you’re just a jerk
this macho stuff
big man
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and then I thought
my instincts are off
my instincts are all off
I thought: girls will like this
but they didn’t
so I started hanging around with guys
it's not what I had in mind
and all the fun had gone
and pretty soon I couldn’t catch
I couldn’t hit
I was slowing down
You should have gone to your dad
you think no one could understand
but you can talk about these things
to other men
because, these men,
they understand
because this is what it is to be a man
men know about this
because they have gone through it
and they remember
they know the pain,
they don’t want to talk about it
they try to hide it
but if you open up to them
they’ll open up right back
Girls are socialized
so they want a man to be older
have money
have power
have status
while they play hard to get
and boys are taught to feel inferior
not as smart as girls
then hormones happen
a boy wants a girl
she plays hard to get
so a boy learns to
talk big
develop a line
take all the risk
(voices overlapping)
Little League never was for me
they get more hostile
more aloof
they wear high heels
and they diet too much
they blame the men
the men hate them
it’s a vicious circle
it’s a vicious circle
so *** these women
*** these women