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Beating the same drum again and again
There's nowhere to go
A standing ovation of patriot nations
A traveling show

Go to an ashram
Go back to school
Let's go undercover where we can be safe from society's rules

Heavy protection the balcony section
A red velvet rope
My indecision becomes a religion
Wave back to the pope

Go to the convent
They'll help you stay clean
Ave Maria
Hey wait, aren't you in Imperial Teen?

Go to an ashram
Go back to school
Let's go undercover where we can be safe from society's rules

I'm beating the same drum again and again
Let's go to the show
The crowd they are turning
the curtain is burning
There's nowhere to go

I will be happy to save you again
you are my mother, my sister, my friend now
I think this time we'll stay til the end now
again and againWhy can't a man stand alone?
Must he be burdened by all that he's taught to consider his own?
His skin and his station, his kin and his crown, his flag and his nation
They just weigh him down
You know pride is a sin that we tend to forgive
But it gets hard to live
When you don't have the love in her heart to begin with
Why can't a man stand alone?

Why can't a woman be just what she seems?
Must she be tarnished by men who can only be men in their dreams?
When beauty meets ignorance they shout in the street
Repeating their offer to each girl they meet
The respect that she needs, it isn't a gift
But it gets hard to lift yourself up
When you don't have the strength to begin with
Why can't a woman stand alone?

Why can't a baby sleep at night and dream of the time to come
And never fear the world outside the touch of someone very near
Why can't a man stand up?
Why can't a man stand up?
Why can't a man stand alone?