Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Why Can't a Man Stand Alone?, artist - Elvis Costello. Date of issue: 10.06.2012
Song language: English
Why Can't a Man Stand Alone? |
| Why can’t a man stand alone? |
| Must he be burdened by all that he’s taught to consider his own? |
| His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation |
| They just weigh him down |
| You know pride is a sin that we tend to forgive |
| But it gets hard to live |
| When you don’t have the love in her heart to begin with |
| Why can’t a man stand alone? |
| Why can’t a woman be just what she seems? |
| Must she be tarnished by men who can only be men in their dreams? |
| When beauty meets ignorance they shout in the street |
| Repeating their offer to each girl they meet |
| The respect that she needs, it isn’t a gift |
| But it gets hard to lift yourself up |
| When you don’t have the strength to begin with |
| Why can’t a woman stand alone? |
| Why can’t a baby sleep at night and dream of the time to come |
| And never fear the world outside the touch of someone very near |
| Why can’t a man stand up? |
| Why can’t a man stand up? |
| Why can’t a man stand alone? |