Released: October 20, 1986
Songwriter: Ian Kewley Paul Young
Producer: Hugh Padgham Ian Kewley Paul Young
There you go again, saying you can’t take any more;
Here I go again, wishing the ground would swallow me whole
If I can’t give you a good reason, then it’s me who must be wrong
But I’d cry if I stood for (this) treason so why does a man have to be strong?
Even though I try to get by oh why, why does a man have to be strong?
There I go again, finding the words to apologise
I’ve got to get these tears I’m crying out of my eyes
Cause when you tell me that you need me, but you can never find me there
I bet you think I find it easy or that I don’t even really care
Is it true what I hear, or just another storyline?
There’s one thing I know; it won’t be the only time
You’d think I was made of iron with all the things you put me through
But girl I tell you I’m not lying when I say that you can hurt me too
Why is it I have to be strong?
Here I go again, wishing the ground would swallow me whole
If I can’t give you a good reason, then it’s me who must be wrong
But I’d cry if I stood for (this) treason so why does a man have to be strong?
Even though I try to get by oh why, why does a man have to be strong?
There I go again, finding the words to apologise
I’ve got to get these tears I’m crying out of my eyes
Cause when you tell me that you need me, but you can never find me there
I bet you think I find it easy or that I don’t even really care
Is it true what I hear, or just another storyline?
There’s one thing I know; it won’t be the only time
You’d think I was made of iron with all the things you put me through
But girl I tell you I’m not lying when I say that you can hurt me too
Why is it I have to be strong?
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- Everytime You Go Away
- Love of the Common People
- Come Back and Stay
- Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)
- Oh Girl
- Behind Your Smile (Live)
- One Step Forward
- Hard Cargo
- In the Long Run
- Man in the Iron Mask
- Until You Come Back to Me
- Wonderland
- Softly Whispering I Love You
- I Wish You Love
- What Christmas Means to Me
- Why Does It Always Rain on Me
- Just a Little Misunderstanding
- Bennie and the Jets
- Hot Fun
- Every Time You Go Away (Extended Version)
- Heart Full of Rain
- More Love
- Wedding Day
- Down in Chinatown