
Date of issue: 31.12.1993
Record label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
Song language: English
How Can You Do It Alone |
Saw a man about fifty or so He looked lonely but his eyes were bright |
He was walking up the Holland Park Road |
And I stopped him to ask for a light |
He practacally froze when I spoke |
But eased when he saw my cigarette |
Then I saw as he lit up my smoke |
Beneath his coat he was naked and wet |
With eyes full of shame |
For he knew that I knew |
He slumped to the wall with a moan |
I said I know there’s no name |
For what you go through |
But how can you do it alone. |
I crossed the street to the local newstore |
Flicked through some cheap magazines |
Beside me some schoolkid I saw |
Push some girlie mags down into his jeans |
The shop girl was watching amazed |
Asked me to call for the police. |
She screamed at his blushing young face |
And he escaped into the streets. |
With eyes full of shame etc. |
Do it alone, how can you do it alone, |
I need your help, so I can do it by myself. |
Do it alone, don’t have to breathe down a phone |
I ain’t got a clue, 'bout the things that you do But how… can you do it alone. |
How can you do it. |
Back at the flat my girl sat in the shower |
And wasn’t too keen on me sharing |
She came out well after an hour |
And by that time I was past caring |
Some women it seems have the knack |
Of attaining that stars in their dreams |
They simply relax and lay back |
While people like us scratch our jeans. |
With eyes full of shame |
And I know it must show |
I slump — and I fall and I groan |
Will somebody explain |
What I need to know |
How can you do it alone. |
How can you do it. |
How can you do it without any help |
How can you do it all by yourself. |
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