no choice in the matter

Lyrics

we'll say a friend of mine, a fella i know real well, came to me on friday and he had a story to tell, i've heard it a thousand times, but this one hits close to home, the woman who left him i've taken for my own, love leaves you no choice in the matter, and there ain't a damn thing sadder than a man, in the throes of something real, the woman that lays down beside you, she can't help or hide you, it don't matter how she wants to feel, so i bought him a round or two and gave him a talking to, i said, "boy, you can't let yourself get so far", but you can't tell a man a thing when he's picking out diamond rings, and you yourself don't know who you are, love leaves you no choice in the matter, and there ain't a damn thing sadder than a man, in the throes of something real, the woman that lays down beside you, she can't help or hide you, it don't matter how she wants to feel, my hands, they used to be a young man's hands, but i worked 'em to the bone, when'd she even find the time to get to know another man?, "leave me alone," he said, "leave me alone", love leaves you no choice in the matter, and there ain't a damn thing sadder than a man, in the throes of something real, the woman that lays down beside you, she can't help or hide you, it don't matter how she wants to feel