Friday, April 11, 2008

I'll Make A Man Out of You...


Maybe it's the Donny Osmond connection - totally unsure - but I have always loved this particular song from Disney's Repertoire, which is ironic, since I have girls. Of course, Mulan was a girl too. (To hear this particular song, left click on it once in the playlist to the right.)


Let's get down to business
To defeat the Huns
Did they send me daughters
When I asked for sons?

You're the saddest bunch
I ever met
But you can bet
Before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man out of you

Tranquil as a forest
But on fire within
Once you find your center
you are sure to win

You're a spineless, pale pathetic lot
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a manout of you

I'm never gonna catchmy breath
Say good-bye to thosewho knew me
Boy, was I a fool in school for cutting gym
This guy's got 'em scared to death
Hope he doesn't see right through me
Now I really wish that I knew how to swim

(Be a man)We must be swift as the coursing river
(Be a man) With all the forceof a great typhoon
(Be a man) With all the strengthof a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

Time is racing toward us till the Huns arrive
Heed my every orderand you might survive
You're unsuited forthe rage of war
So pack up, go homeyou're through
How could I make a manout of you?

(Be a man) We must be swift asthe coursing river
(Be a man) With all the forceof a great typhoon
(Be a man) With all the strengthof a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon

(Be a man) We must be swift asthe Coursing river
(Be a man) With all the forceof a great typhoon
(Be a man) With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon


This morning, I really needed the song. I have been really down on myself this week, just grumpy about a lot of different things. But then I realized that I need to make a man out of me.
It just wasn't the little things that annoyed me, or the big things that festered, it was that I wasn't doing anything about any of it. I wan't moving to change anything, I wasn't composing myself and I wasn't using the strength I have been given to get through it.
What a wake up call. My anthem for the day!!

1 comment:

Audra said...

i LOVE this song! Its on my ipod...I sing it super loud and embarrass the girls, but who cares! Its great!