Song Description

uptempo bluesy song: woman rejects a miracle-working jesus figure because he is too short and doesn't drive a sports car. Song is a hilarious lampoon of shallow materialistic values.

Lyrics

Walk on the water baby, I?m the man
I raise them cripples up with my hand
I raised old Lazarus from the dead
That ain?t no tattoo, that?s a halo on my head
And she said That?s very nice, but from where I stand,
You?re kinda short to be a man.
You?re kinda short to be a man.

I may be short baby, but I wrote the book
I brought old Rome down right where it stood
I fed a nation with a crust of bread
They tried to kill me but I rose from the dead
And she said, That?s very nice, I?m so glad you?re alive
What kinda sport car do you drive.
What kinda sport car do you drive.

My baby don?t know me and I don?t know why
She just don?t want me, how hard I try
My baby don?t love me for who I am
She said, You?re kinda short to be my man.
She said, You?re kinda short to be my man.

I ain?t no angel, I ain?t no saint
Jesus, please help me to be all the things I ain?t
I tried to tell her that I wanna be her friend
I tried to say we are all the same in the end
And she said, That?s very true, but from where I stand,
You?re kinda short to be my man.
You?re kinda short to be my man.

Well, my baby don?t know me and I don?t know why
Oh, she just don?t even want me when I try, try, try
Oh, my baby don?t love me for who I am
You?re kinda short to be a man.

Walk on the water baby, I?m the man
I raise them cripples up with my hand
I raised old Lazarus from the dead
That ain?t no tattoo, that?s a halo on my head
She said, That?s very true, well I might just be damned.
But, you?re kinda short to be my man.
You?re kinda short to be a man.
You?re kinda short to be my man.
You?re kinda short to be my man.