You raise these boys to be, to be like John Wayne Don't act so surprised when they turn out that way Why is there so much violence in the schools If you give a boy a gun, he can be famous too We celebrate the masculine side And denigrate, just laugh when they cry And we're not set up to win Do you want this to end? We're only set up to lose Two-fisted fools Fathers are the ones that we're supposed to mimic It summersaults around, now everyone's a critic We celebrate the masculine side And denigrate, just laugh when they cry We're not set up to win Do you want this to end? We're only set up to lose Two-fisted fools Well is it a time-warp or is it that our mind is warped? We want to be loved too We're not set up to win Do you want this to end? We're only set up to lose Two-fisted fools I want to be John Wayne I want to be John Wayne I want to be John Wayne I want to be John Wayne