I'M ONLY HUMAN (Pete Ham)
[from "Gwent Gardens" - recorded 1970 - released U.S. 2023]

What can I do
What can I do
What can I do

I've been away now for twenty-one days
And every day now seems like twenty-one nights
So if I play now, don't turn me away
For if I knew how, then I'd turn and I'd stay

I'm only human and I must because
I'd be a new man, but I can't because
I'm only human, not a true man
So, what can I do, what can I do

You see the front door, all carpets and lights
You see the back door, and the cold of the night
You see a small room, we're five to a bed
Well, don't you know, man
We can't sing when we're dead

I'm only human, yeah, the same as you
Don't make me do, man, what you wouldn't do
I'm only human, not a new man
So what can I do, what can I do

What can I do
What can I do
What can I do?

You hear the slight call of the whistling wolf
You feel the sharp teeth of the verbal cats
You try to walk tall, on questioning mats
We may be different, but we sure ain't rats!

I'm only human, yeah, the same as you
Don't make me do, man, what you wouldn't do
I'm only human, not a new man
So what can I do, what can I do, yeah!

I'm only human and I must because
I'd be a new man, but I can't because
I'm only human, not a true man
So what can I do, what can I do

What can I do
I'm only human
Oh-oh-oh, ahh ahh ahh
Yeah, I'm only human

lyrics transcribed by Tom Brennan
corrections by Dan Matovina

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