Doesn’t Anybody Stay Together Anymore Lyrics
You keep on walking so you don't fall down
It's the same old story
You keep on hiding so you can't be found
It's the same old story
Oh, but I know you, you're the one who ran
You know why, it's because you can
Oh, it's alright, 'cause I don't mind
I'm just trying to help
[Chorus]
But I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
[Verse 2]
My friends keep falling and they can't get up
It's the same old story
Well one says white and the other one black
It's the same old story
And I don't know why you keep emotions walled up
Your heart's on your sleeve, but your sleeve is rolled up
It's alright, 'cause I don't mind
I'm just trying to help
But I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
[Bridge]
Things can change from a misunderstanding (Oh-oh)
Nobody talks, nobody hears (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh-oh (Oh-oh)
[Chorus]
Makes me wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
[Verse 3]
You keep on looking for that higher ground
It's the same old story
Your glass is empty and the chips are down
It's the same old story
But I don't know why your emotions walled up
Your heart's on your sleeve, but your sleeve is rolled up
It's alright, 'cause I don't mind
I'm just trying to help
But I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why
Doesn't anybody stay together anymore?
Oh, I wonder why…
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According to Songfacts, Phil once told newspaper The Mail on Sunday:
All my friends were breaking up with their partners – suddenly it seemed no one wanted to run the distance and work it out. Contrary to what people may think, I tried very hard to work things out with the women who left me. I never took it lying down!
According to website Unmask Us, Phil Collins declared:
It was widely interpreted as being about his own broken marriage – Ed]. Not so, it sprang to life during a discussion in the studio about the general state of the institution of marriage. We were thinking about all of our friends who had split with their partners in 1984. We started counting and the list was incredible – about two dozen people.
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