Phil Collins

Released: January 25, 1985

Songwriter: Daryl Stuermer Phil Collins

Producer: Hugh Padgham Phil Collins

[Verse 1]
You keep on walking so you don't fall down
It's the same old story
You keep on hiding so you can't be found
It's the same old story

[Chorus]
Oh but I know you, you're the one who ran
You know why, it's because you can, oh
It's alright, because I don't mind
I'm just trying to help, but I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore
I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore[x2]

[Verse 2]
My friends keep falling and they can't get up
It's the same old story
Well one says white and the other one black
It's the same old story
And I don't know why you keep emotions walled up
Your heart's on your sleeve, but your sleeve is rolled up

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Things can change, from a misunderstanding
Nobody talks, nobody hears, oh oh oh
Makes me wonder why

[Verse 3]
You keep on looking for that higher ground
It's the same old story
Your glass is empty and the chips are down
It's the same old story
Oh but I know you, you're the one who ran
You know why, it's because you can, oh

[Chorus]

[Outro]
I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
Oh I wonder why, doesn't anybody stay together anymore
Oh I wonder why

Phil Collins is an English singer, songwriter and musician who has also worked as a record producer and actor. He led a successful solo career after being the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis.

Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career, and compiled more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.

Internationally famous for his 1981 hit single “In the Air Tonight”, the most successful songs of his repertoire include “Sussudio”, “Another Day in Paradise”, “Against All Odds”.

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