Superman's Song

Crash Test Dummies

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1. Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man
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   He'd just come along and scoop 'em up under his arm
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   Like that, quick as a cat in the jungle

   But Clark Kent, now there was a real gent
   He would not be caught sittin' around in no
   Junglescape, dumb as an ape doing nothing
   
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R: Superman never made any money
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   For saving the world from Solomon Grundy
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   And sometimes I despair the world will never see
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   Another man like him
   
2. Hey Bob, Supe had a straight job
   Even known he could have smashed through any bank
   In the United States, he had the strength, but he would not
   
   Folks said his family were all dead
   Their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself
   To carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going
R:
   
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   Tarzan was king of the jungle and Lord
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   over all the apes
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   But he could hardly string together four words:
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   "I Tarzan, You Jane."
   
3. Sometimes when Supe was stopping crimes
   I'll bet that he was tempted to just quit and turn his back
   On man, join Tarzan in the forest

   But he stayed in the city, and kept on changing clothes
   In dirty old phonebooths till his work was through
   And nothing to do but go on home
R:
   
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   And sometimes I despair the world will never see
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   Another man like him