I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down lyrics
by Elvis Costello



Date: Wed, 03 Mar 93 16:11:59 LCLFrom: PA113718%UTKVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.eduSubject: Definitive(?) Can't Stand UpThe reason I'm so certain about these lyrics is that at a record show yearsago, I bought a battered copy of Sam and Dave's version. It's done in astately gospel style that Elvis later adopted for concert performances of thesong. Here goes: (minor correctios by Paul Hosken (rmcb@vm.op.dlr.de))I'm the living resultOf a man who's been hurt a little too muchAnd I've tastedThe bitterness of my own tearsSadness is all my lonely heart can feelI can't stand up etc.Simple though love is,still it confused meWhy I'm not loved the way I should beNow I've lived with heartachesand I've roomed with fearI've dealt with despairAnd I've wrestled with tearsI can't stand up etc.The vow that we made,you broke it in twobut that don't stop mefrom loving youI can't stand up etc.