Real Man

For this song I really want to do something different and write a song from my wife's perspective and sung by a female singer. The inspiration comes from the crazy dreams she has. One in particular I like to tell is the time I was driving and she fell asleep in the passenger seat. She was buckled in, and I had the heat blowing on our feet. She started to speak in her dreams announcing that she was being tied up by Indians and they were burning her feet. Yes. That happened.

REAL MAN
by Joe Herbert

I'm thankful for all of my crazy dreams
That luckily, bless me, never came to be
Like the time the Indians had captured me
Then tied me up and tried to burn my feet

Once I rode a dragon who chased a flying car
Driven by a cowboy with a tie-dyed guitar
And one night a knight came riding at me fast
On a fiery steed holding a jousting lance

Now when I lay me down to sleep
I pray my lord my soul to keep
And pray nobody ever judges me
For all of my wild and my crazy dreams
I have you, and I'm relieved
That you're not the man of my dreams
You're so much more
I'm thankful for the real world
And I'm glad to have a real man
A real man

The other night I had another crazy dream
Sasquatch was lickin' on my chocolate ice cream
While Cinderella sang a sad country song
And I just watched like there was nothing wrong

Heaven help us if my dreams come true
Cause if they did we'd all be screwed!
I once dreamed I was being eaten by a big ole bat
Nobody's ever heard me scream like that
I could have had a heart attack

Now when I lay me down to sleep
I pray my lord my soul to keep
And pray nobody ever judges me
For all of my wild and my crazy dreams
I have you, and I'm relieved
That you're not the man of my dreams
You're so much more
I'm thankful for the real world
And I'm glad to have a real man
A real man

I once helped a goldfish climb the tallest tree
In a tangerine forest, down a peppermint stream
Einstein and Twain just sat there lookin' at me
That's odd, indeed!

Saw an astronaut get married to a pirate ghost
We were on a ship captained by a phantom host
And the thing that I remember the most
I gave the toast!

Now when I lay me down to sleep
I pray my lord my soul to keep
And pray nobody ever judges me
For all of my wild and my crazy dreams
I have you, and I'm relieved
That you're not the man of my dreams
You're so much more
I'm thankful for the real world
And I'm glad to have a real man
To have a real man
To have a real man
To have a real man

In a Facebook world with posers and fakers
Completely surrounded by jokers and takers
I'm thankful for the real world
And I'm glad to have a real man
Yes, I am, so glad to have a real man

Now when I lay me down to sleep
I pray my lord my soul to keep
And pray nobody ever judges me
For all of my wild and my crazy dreams
I have you, and I'm relieved
That you're not the man of my dreams
You're so much more
I'm thankful for the real world
And I'm glad to have a real man
Yes, I have a real man
Yes, I am, so glad to have a real man

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written and produced by Joe Herbert with the help of suno.com AI technology.

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