Only A Man
Billy Joel
[Intro] | | [Verse 1] Only a man who’s broken can appreciate the awful pain I feel Only a man who’s world is always real can ever know And who could understand the all consuming pain Only a man who’s weeping in the rain knows where to go [Chorus] And it’s not easy When you realize that you are on your own Ah ah No no it’s not easy When you face the thought of living all alone [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] And it’s not easy When you reach out in the dark to touch her face Ah Ah No no it’s not easy When instead you touch a pillow in her place [Interlude] (with vocal ad lib) | | / | | | | / | | [Chorus] And it’s not easy When you think about the way she combs her hair Ah Ah No no it’s not easy When the memory of her is everywhere [Verse 3] Only a man who lies awake and wonders will he never smile again This is the only man whose lonely nights can never end And if you want to know the kind of man he’ll be Oh listen my friend I’ll tell you all you have to know is me [Chorus] And it’s not easy no no It’s not easy Oh it’s not easy oh Oh oh ah