Manly Men

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. 

【華語翻譯】

我們是男人，我們喜歡合唱

以厚實和緊密的和聲聞名

我們的歌曲總是千篇一律

大多數都十分平庸

但即使我們未必總是能鼓舞人心

至少我們不是女聲合唱團

第一男高音聲音最高

對於我們大多數人來說並不是自願的

在二十三歲時仍在唱歌

就像我們錯過了青春期一樣

當我們的音高變得尖酸刻薄時

我們只能更加大聲地唱

穿緊身內褲是唱高C的關鍵

第二男高音不是書呆子

我們只是技巧不夠好的第一男高音

但你不會因為我們在唱F音時嗓音裂開

而對我們愛得少一點吧？

我們不唱太高也不唱太低

而且我們不像第一男高音那樣自大

我們希望你喜歡我們，像對其他第二好的人一樣

低音男聲絕對是最性感的

讓你的耳朵聆聽我們的音樂之美

即使在我們四十五歲時仍會唱歌

並演繹出五公里寬的音色

如果上帝來世並帶走了我們的大腦

那麼他們會唱“la donna mobile”

我們厭倦了根音進行

走低音線條，唱片會議

我們在唱歌時伴隨著那煩人的

“dip di dip dip dah.”

我們全力以赴，盡我們所能

唱得很低以至於震動燈光

我們希望自己有像

詹姆斯·厄爾·瓊斯或巴里·懷特那樣的聲音

但我們只是普通人，喉嚨會痛

而我們的低音唱起來更像打嗝

但我們是低音男聲，我們繼續唱歌，因為...

以厚實和緊密的和聲聞名

我們的歌曲總是千篇一律

大多數都十分平庸

雖然我們的曲目包括

喝酒的歌曲，水手之歌

和理髮店四重唱

我們每天都感謝上帝

從我們的頭到腳

我們不是女高音或女低音。 

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