I Cant Stand Up lyrics

Date: Wed, 03 Mar 93 16:11:59 LCL
From: PA113718%UTKVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu
Subject: Definitive(?) Can`t Stand Up

The reason I`m so certain about these lyrics is that at a record show years
ago, I bought a battered copy of Sam and Dave`s version. It`s done in a
stately gospel style that Elvis later adopted for concert performances of the
song. Here goes: (minor correctios by Paul Hosken (rmcb@vm.op.dlr.de))


I`m the living result
Of a man who`s been hurt a little too much
And I`ve tasted
The bitterness of my own tears
Sadness is all my lonely heart can feel

I can`t stand up etc.

Simple though love is,
still it confused me
Why I`m not loved the way I should be
Now I`ve lived with heartaches
and I`ve roomed with fear
I`ve dealt with despair
And I`ve wrestled with tears

I can`t stand up etc.

The vow that we made,
you broke it in two
but that don`t stop me
from loving you

I can`t stand up etc
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