Did you stand by me No, not at all You must explain why this must be You say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact And then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can explain

My heart is thrilled by the still of your hand It's how I know now that you understand There's no plan, there's no kingdom to come I'll be your man if you got love to get done Sit here and watch the sunlight fade Honey, enjoy, it's gettin' late There's

Did you stand by me No, not at all You must explain why this must be You say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact And then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can explain

Don't stand aside! While people make demands At first they'll take your liberties Then tie them 'round your hand When time goes by some day you'll find Their words are your command These times won't last and once they're gone they don't come back Well

I am that man You're trying to find You had in mind And I'll give you all my love 'Till you understand I won't give up 'Cause I know You put your heart up on a shelf I know it's hard to be by yourself

I am that man You're trying to find You had in mind And I'll give you all my love 'Till you understand I won't give up 'Cause I know You put your heart up on a shelf I know it's hard to be by yourself

And baby, I was made to be your man 'Cause you were born to be my baby We got something to believe in Even if we don't know where we stand Only God would know the reasons But I bet he must have had a plan My heart beats like a drum (all night) Flesh to

All you get is alibis When smoke begins to fade And you standing face to face Does he kiss you in the way to say You're the other woman, the other woman At the start of his goodbye Do you ever realize that you never get the chance You'll always be the

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune, Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman Standing on the waters casting your bread While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing Distant ships sailing into the mist, You were born

Huggin' up the big monkey man Aye aye aye, aye aye aye I never saw you, I only heard of you It's your lie, it's your lie Now I know that, now I understand Tell you baby, you huggin' up the big monkey man La la la la la la la Huggin' up the big monkey man