One Final Serenade: Songs of Billy Joel
 Download "Only A Man"
And it's not easy when you reach out in the dark to touch a face
No no, it's not easy when instead you touch a pillow in her place "Only A Man" was a demo recorded in 1972 but was not released until 2005's My Lives. It features Billy on organ rather than piano. It is about the pain of heartbreak, and only a man who has been through it can understand how others feel when it happens. Lyrically, the song could be a counterpoint or accompanying song to The Beatles' "For No One." |
Only a man whose broken can appreciate the awful thing I feel
Only a man whose world is always real can ever know And who could understand the all consuming pain Only a man whose weeping in the rain knows where to go And it's not easy When you realize that you are on your own No no, it's not easy When you face the thought of living all alone Only a man who wanders through the emptiness of every passing day This is the man whose eyes know what to see and what to say And who could ever know the feeling in my heart Only a man whose hopes and dreams are broken all apart And it's not easy When you reach out in the dark to touch a face No no, it's not easy When instead you touch a pillow in her place Na, na, na And it's not easy When you think about the way she combs her hair No no, it's not easy When the memory of her is everywhere Only a man who lies awake and wonders will he never smile again And this is the only man whose lonely nights can never end And if you want to know what kind of man he'll be Oh listen my friend I'll tell you all you'll have to know it's me And it's not easy, no no, it's not easy Oh, it's not easy, why, no, why, well it's not easy No, tell me, no, no, no "Only A Man" from My Lives
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