Walk Like a Man

by The Four Seasons

Top hit from: 24.02 to 16.03.1963

The Four Seasons are an American rock and pop band who became internationally successful in the mid-1960s. The Vocal Group Hall of Fame has stated that the group was the most popular rock band before The Beatles. Since 1970, they have been known off and on as Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons, Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, or simply The Four Seasons.
In 1960, the group known as The Four Lovers evolved into The Four Seasons, with Frankie Valli as the lead singer, Bob Gaudio (formerly of The Royal Teens) on keyboards and tenor vocals, Tommy DeVito on lead guitar and baritone vocals, and Nick Massi on bass guitar and bass vocals.
The legal name of the organization is the Four Seasons Partnership, formed by Gaudio and Valli after a failed audition in 1960. While singers, producers, and musicians have come and gone, Gaudio and Valli remain the group's constant (with each owning fifty percent of the act and its assets, including virtually all of its recording catalog). Gaudio no longer plays live, leaving Valli the only member of the group from its inception that is currently touring.
The Four Seasons (group members 1960–1965) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990,

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Lyrics

He said sit down son, we’ve gotta talk
I said it’s my life, I’m gonna do what I want
I’m not gonna crawl, I’m gonna walk
Walk right out that door

He said I used to be a lot like you
There’s nothing you’ve done that I didn’t do
I laughed and said Dad I’m bulletproof
We’ve been through this before

I couldn’t believe it
There was a tear in my old man’s eye
When I was leaving
He tried to say goodbye, he said

Stand tall when you stumble
Stand proud when you’re humble
All the lessons you learn won’t be the ones that you’ll claim
Every step up that mountain
Would be more than worth counting
But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man

I’ve seen a couple miles on a gravel road
Picked up a couple things I didn’t know
And now I’ve even got a kid of my own
Starting to sound a lot like me

I learned a little thing called sacrifice
Giving up on dreams, lost a couple fights

All anybody wants is a better life
And something to believe

Stand tall when you stumble
Stand proud when you’re humble
All the lessons you learn won’t be the ones that you’ll claim
Every step up that mountain
Would be more than worth counting
But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man, yeah

I couldn’t believe it
When the tears came to my eyes
It isn’t easy standing on the other side

I said sit down, son, we’ve gotta talk
Hey, it’s your life, you’re gonna do what you want
I won’t say crawl before you walk
Cos I heard my old man in my mind, saying

Stand tall when you stumble
Stand proud when you’re humble
All the lessons you learn won’t be the ones that you’ll claim
Every step up that mountain
Would be more than worth counting
But when you walk through the valley may you walk like a man
And when you go on without me walk like a man, oh walk on

these lyrics are submitted by Philippa