Lyrics

A MAN'S GOTTA DO
© R. Yeardley


You always said you didn't care for wimpy guys
Or ones who were sad, with downcast eyes
You were glad I was the strong type of guy
'cause ones who would sigh you couldn't abide
What would you think to see me here now,
cryin' as if I always knew how?
Would you maybe understand,
or would you think me half a man?
You wouldn't like it if you saw me cryin' for you
But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

You were thinkin? ?hit & run?,
I was thinkin? ?she?s the one?
It seems like we've got our roles reversed,
never was one who was well rehearsed
This much sadness is a surprise;
what?s this wetness in my eyes?
I?d like to say I?m playing dumb,
but I don?t know where this is coming from
You wouldn't like it if you saw me cryin' for you
But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

Maybe I am just a sap, I don?t know
Maybe I am not so tough, seems as though
but somehow it?s alright, roles can be so confining.

You were hurt deeply once and so
a vow was made, no one would get that close
You thought it didn't hurt in a man's shoes to stand
and you would be tougher than the toughest man
How does it feel to be a success?
You've killed off some feelings, you're strangling the rest
I can't say that I like your plan,
I?m finding tough?s only part of a man
You wouldn't like it if you saw me cryin' for you
But a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do