I Couldn't Stand
Album: Now Hear This
By: The Echoes
By: The Echoes
Duration
6:19
Genres
Description
Written by Mark Alexander (BMI) and recorded by The Echoes on their CD "NOW HEAR THIS" (2007). Lead vocals by Teresa Starr and Mark Alexander.
Lyrics
I failed as a poet, I failed as a prophet Even failed as the person I was It’s just too much to try to adjust When the ideas turn to dust I might not get far with an electric guitar Or a pencil in my hand But if you ask me to be anybody but me Can’t you see I couldn’t stand I was writing my lines, I was speaking my mind I just wasn’t living up to my words ‘Cause I always had to have someone like you Just to make me feel secure As for faults, I might have a lot But at least I say how I am And if you leave me today, if you leave me this way I’ve gotta say I couldn’t stand All I had was rock ‘n’ roll And a few dark memories I’ve got a few leftover dreams And some cold realities But I’m willing to face the bleakness And show my every weakness That way if you wanna get me, It won’t be too hard to hit me You know I do what I can and I never could stand The fact that I couldn’t do A couple more things besides stroking the strings Singing what I feel for you But the dust is clearing with the trust appearing And I really don’t mind the man Who’s showing up in the writing, growing up from the fighting It’s just the fighting I couldn’t stand It’s just the fighting I couldn’t stand It’s just the fighting I couldn’t stand It’s just the fighting I couldn’t stand
