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Why sing a lonely song
The whole world knows that love goes wrong
Why bruise a heart that isn't broken?
It isn't broken
It can be broken
Life's just a show for free,
Come along and watch with me
The only sins are words unspoken
Words unspoken
Never spoken
Sweet things come and go
Give me shame, I'll give you woe
To live for love isn't so easy
It isn't easy
It won't be easy
How all good men try
Look around and wonder why
Can they shape this world to please me?
Can they please me
Should they please me?
I'll follow
And maybe you'll correct me
Or wish you'd never met me
For I am no gentle man
I'll follow
And while you watch and wonder
I'll pull the world asunder
And show you who I am
Send me a gentle dream
Of love so strange it's never seen
And prove how such a love can happen
It can happen
Make it happen
Fine things don't abound
Fade away without a sound
But hope must never end or slacken
Never slacken
Never slacken
I'll follow
And maybe you'll correct me
Or wish you'd never met me
I am no gentle man
I'll follow
And while you watch and wonder
I'll pull the world asunder
And show you who I am
The whole world knows that love goes wrong
Why bruise a heart that isn't broken?
It isn't broken
It can be broken
Come along and watch with me
The only sins are words unspoken
Words unspoken
Never spoken
Give me shame, I'll give you woe
To live for love isn't so easy
It isn't easy
It won't be easy
Look around and wonder why
Can they shape this world to please me?
Can they please me
Should they please me?
And maybe you'll correct me
Or wish you'd never met me
For I am no gentle man
And while you watch and wonder
I'll pull the world asunder
And show you who I am
Of love so strange it's never seen
And prove how such a love can happen
It can happen
Make it happen
Fade away without a sound
But hope must never end or slacken
Never slacken
Never slacken
And maybe you'll correct me
Or wish you'd never met me
I am no gentle man
And while you watch and wonder
I'll pull the world asunder
And show you who I am
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There are many lines incorrect here. Is this Earlmister deaf?
It's bloody sacrilege that this is out on the web.
"Why loose a heart that isn't broken? It isn't broken, it can't be broken" WRONG it's: "It can be broken"
"I wish you'd never met me For I am your gentle man" - No.... it's "I'm no gentle man"
"I call my world a sundown" Not even close..
I Don't have time to edit the lyrics + my earlier comment was lost so PLEASE check metrolyrics.com for this song instead.
as for the meaning, IMHO it could have been meant to be Juda's thoughts after Jesus got him out of the last supper
I cannot believe this was not posted here before. To me, this is one of the best Supertramp songs. The lyrics, the melody, it all adds up so extremely nice!
From the neglected first album, nice mellow hippy songs, this song and 'Aubade' and 'Surely'