Lagu tersebut dimuat sebagai trek ketiga dalam album studio kelima miliknya yang bertajuk Trust.
Album bergenre pop rock tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada tahun 1981 melalui label musik F-Beat Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “You’ll Never Be a Man” dari Elvis Costello.
INTRO:
Bm G C B Fadd9 G
A Bm A D
You need protection from the physical art of conversation
A Bm A D
Though the fist is mightier than the lip, it adds the aggravation
Bridge and Chorus:
Bm G
I got the password
C Am
I got persuasion
F Am F Am
A proposition for invasion of your privacy
F Dm7 C
Give yourself away and find the fake in me
A
You'll never be a man
D E A D A
No matter how many foreign bodies you can take
A D A
You'll never be a man
A D A
When you're half a woman and you're half awake
Bm7 A
(1) With a face full of tears and a chemical shake
(2) Under the table with a chemical shake
D
Given half a chance, that I can take
F C
Are you so superior, are you in such pain
Dm7 C
Are you made out of porcelain?
F C
When they made you they broke the cast
Dm7 G
Don't wanna be first, I just want to last
A Bm A D
You strike a profile on the low side of my imagination
A Bm A D
My eyes climbed down to find the point of possible saturation
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