Why Can't a Man Stand Alone? [demo]

[Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

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 your heart to begin with

[Chorus]

Why can't a man stand alone?

[Verse 2]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

Why can't a woman stand alone?

[Bridge]

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

[Chorus]

Why can't a man (Why can't a man) stand up?

Why can't a man (Why can't a man) stand up?

Why can't a man (Why can't a man) stand alone?