I heard you pouring out your feelings at the bar, how she left you how she left you high and dry
Now you hardly leave the house all day, every night you lie awake and cry
You're playing love songs on the jukebox, thinking about the hell she put you thru
You swear your life is over; you're wonder now what you're supposed to do
Won't you act like a man and try to be strong
Pick yourself up, try to stand tough and just move along
Have another shot and try to understand, sometimes life is cruel when you're played a fool
You can act like a man
Oh, you say he was your best friend, you wonder how you were so blind
All the weekends out of town, the nights she said she's working overtime
Now she took all your money; drove off in her lover's Escalade
Now you're sitting here with me tonight, still praying you can get her back someday
Won't you act like a man and try to be strong
Pick yourself up, try to stand tough and just move along
Have another shot and try to understand, sometimes life is cruel when you're played a fool you can act like a man
There's a redhead in the corner, if you play your cards just right
Quit talking about your problems, you might take her home tonight
Won't you act like a man and try to be strong
Pick yourself up, try to stand tough and just move along
Have another shot and try to understand, sometimes life is cruel when you're played a fool you can act like a man
Yeah sometimes life ain't fair, so get yourself a pair and act like a man