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Why Can’t A Man Stand Alone?

This version of Why Can’T A Man Stand Alone? was released by Elvis Costello in 1996.

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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?

Elvis Costello has released many songs over the years besides Why Can’T A Man Stand Alone?. Elvis Costello released songs from 1977 to 2004 spanning across albums like My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces, Get Happy!!, Trust, Almost Blue, Imperial Bedroom, Punch The Clock, Goodbye Cruel World, Blood And Chocolate, King Of America, Spike, Mighty Like A Rose, The Juliet Letters, Brutal Youth, Kojak Variety, Deep Dead Blue, All This Useless Beauty, Painted From Memory, For The Stars, When I Was Cruel, North, and The Delivery Man. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Elvis Costello.

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