Why Does A Man Have To Be Strong?
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Between Two Fires
Paul Young

There you go again, saying you can't take anymore; 
here I go again, wishing the ground would swallow me whole.  
Cause 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 this man have to be strong?  

You'd think that this affair we share is so rare. 
Why does a man have to be strong? 
But even though I try to get by oh why, 
why does a man have to be strong?

Here 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.

But this affair we share is so rare.
Why does a man have to be strong? 
But even though I try to get by oh why, 
why does a man have to be strong?

Is it true what I hear, or just another storyline?
There's one thing I know; it won't be the only time.
But you'd think I was made of iron with all the things you've put me through,
but girl I tell you I'm not lying when I say that you can hurt me, too.

This affair we share is so rare.
Why does a man have to be strong? 
But even though I try to get by oh why, 
why does a man have to be strong?

When I think this affair we share is so rare.
Why does a man have to be strong? 
But even though I try to get by oh why, 
why does a man have to be strong?

Why is it //I// have to be strong?