Rick Rubin - It Takes a Lot to Know a Man lyrics

[Verse 1] It takes a lot to know a man It takes a lot to understand The warrior, the sage The little boy in rage It takes a lot to know a woman A lot to understand what's humming The honey-bee, the stings The little girl with wings [Chorus] It takes a lot to give To ask for help To be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to breathe To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs [Verse 2] It takes a lot to know a man A lot to know, to understand The father and the son The hunter and the gun It takes a lot to know a woman A lot to comprehend what's coming The mother and the child The muse and the beguiled [Chorus] It takes a lot to give To ask for help To be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to be To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to give To ask for help To be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to be To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs It takes a lot to live To ask for help To be yourself To know and love what you live with It takes a lot to be To touch, to feel The slow reveal Of what another body needs What are you so afraid to lose? What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? What are you so afraid to lose? (You wrote me to tell me You're nervous and you're sorry Crying like a baby Saying, “this thing is k**ing me”) What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? It takes a lot to know a man... What is it you're so afraid so to lose? It takes a lot to know a man... (You wrote me to tell me You're nervous and you're sorry Crying like a baby Saying, “this thing is k**ing me”) What is it you're thinking that will happen if you do? It takes a lot to know a man... (You wrote me to tell me You're nervous and you're sorry Crying like a baby Saying, “this thing is k**ing me”) What is it you carry on your back? It takes a lot to know a man... What is it you notice when you can't laugh? (Know you can, have to know) (k**ing me)