Richard O’Brien
Besty Brantley & Sinitta & & & & Manning Redwood
Cliff De Young & Jessica Harper
Jessica Harper
Manning Redwood
Cliff De Young & Little Nell & Rik Mayall & Patricia Quinn & Richard O’Brien
Richard O’Brien & Little Nell & Rik Mayall & Jessica Harper & Patricia Quinn
Richard O’Brien & Barry Humphries & Patricia Quinn & Jessica Harper
Jessica Harper
Richard O’Brien & Little Nell & Barry Humphries & Jessica Harper & Darlene Johnson & Manning Redwood & Patricia Quinn
Jessica Harper
Jessica Harper & Cliff De Young
Darlene Johnson & Little Nell & Rik Mayall & Richard O’Brien & Patricia Quinn & & & Manning Redwood
Gary Shail & Sinitta & Gary Martin & & David John
Cliff De Young
Cliff De Young & Charles Gray & & Jessica Harper
The song is satirizing the type of “traditional values” ‘family’ man that exists particularly in the US on TV and in real life. This is also refrenced in the opening song Denton, U.S.A with the line “tolerance for the ethnic races”, and when his wife states “Your father doesn’t life mexicans”. Its c...
[HARRY]
A man should call the toss
Wear the pants and be the boss
A man should be the drake
For his own damn sake!
And men should be the misters
And the masters of their sisters
A man should be the reason
For a heart to break
A man should cut the lawn
Change the tire, mend the worn
A man should never wait
To oil a rusting gate
Men should hold the key positions
In our country's great traditions
A man should put the food
Upon the family plate
[AUDIENCE]
So, be moral
Don't quarrel
Fair and square is best
Let me alert you
That virtue won't hurt you
Or desert you
If you wear hair on your chest
So always remember to follow the rules
Box clever and jocks never
[HARRY]
Hock another jock's tools
A man should wax a car
Fix a fuse and tend the bar
A man should like his brow
To be wet with sweat
Men should know the right occasions
To indulge in tax evasions
A man should know the settings
That his spark plugs get
Faggots are maggots
Thank God I'm a man!
Thank God I’m A Man was written by Richard O’Brien.