Men alone played a soulful song (4,2,2)
I believe the answer is:
lean on me
'a soulful song' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'men alone played' is the wordplay.
'played' indicates an anagram (letters playing around).
'men'+'alone'='menalone'
'menalone' is an anagram of 'LEAN ON ME'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lean on me that I've seen before include "Film" , "70s song" .)