Am I a fourty kind of man so tender in the heart?
Our clues embedded and my hands are horoscope for cards
No, I'm no special grain of salt nor undiscovered star
'Cause there's a great and holy plan I'd rather have no part

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You always unwind my head and make the bed like Sunday
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

Why every morning waking up
Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?
You take me in your grateful arms
And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart
It's not the way a man like me behaves
It's not the way the world will have me playing my cards
And why does every fibre shake
As I try not to fall apart, as I try not to fall apart?

Am I a lone and lucky man, no shimmer to my soul?
Am I a spindle wound to tight, a fraction of a whole
No, I have no party tricks, my hand is empty as a vault
There's a charge then I'll stand into the time for every fault

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You always unwind my head and make the bed like Sunday
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all

Why every morning waking up
Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?
You take me in your grateful arms
And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart
It's not the way a man like me behaves
It's not the way the world will have me playing my cards
And why does every fibre shake
As I try not to fall apart, as I try not to fall apart?

Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You always unwind my head and make the bed like Sunday
Ain't that the way, ain't that the way
You get me talking to the dead and questioning if I'm alive at all
Why every morning waking up
Must I try not to fall, must I try not to fall apart?
You take me in your grateful arms
And I try not to fall, oh I try not to fall apart
It's not the way a man like me behaves
It's not the way the world will have me playing my cards
And why does every fibre shake
As I try not to fall apart, as I try not to fall apart?

As I try not to fall apart
As I try not to fall apart
As I try not to fall apart
As I try not to fall apart