Don't Tell Me (What I Can't Do)
Motown, blues, slow funk, piano, upright bass, blues harmonica, soulful, jazz guitar, funk guitar, kick, snare and high hats, saxophone outro
Don't Tell Me (What I Can't Do)
Motown, blues, slow funk, piano, upright bass, blues harmonica, soulful, jazz guitar, funk guitar, kick, snare and high hats, saxophone outro
Lyrics
Verse
Mama used to give us all a simple decree:
Dont you sit too close to that damn TV
The radiation will rot your brain and
mess up your eye
In my forties now and feelin sharp as before
every morning I get up and when I walk out that door
I put my glasses on so I can look up
and see the sky
instrumental
People tell you that you can't look at the sun
but let me tell you right now how it can be done
just wait for it to go behind a cloud and
then you can find
That when it does, even in the middle of June
behind the right cloud the sun resembles the moon
just dont stare too long cause when it comes back out
you can go blind
short instrumental build up
Hook
Don't tell me what I can't do!
Cause you know I'll prove you wrong!
Gonna do what I'm not s'posed to
cause what doesn't kill you makes you strong! (OW!)
Don't
tell
me
what I can't do
(huh!)
I'll
show
you
what I can do
(ha!)
Don't
tell
me
what I can't do
(huh!)
I'll
show
you
what I can do
(Now!)
Verse
If you find a penny with the head facing up
they say picking it up will bring a lot of luck
but not if the head is facing to the ground
or so they say
But I found one last week worth a thousand bucks
head facing down but I still picked it right up
Too bad I had to spend it on all the bills
that I had to pay
instrumental
They say don't talk to strangers while out of your home
or even if they call you on the telephone
But I do it all day every weekday
while I'm at work
Guess I could ignore them and pretend their not there
pretty sure though if I did my boss would give me a glare
and ask what the hells my problem and why am I
being a jerk
short instrumental build up
Hook
Don't tell me what I can't do!
Cause you know I'll prove you wrong!
Gonna do what I'm not s'posed to
cause what doesn't kill you makes you strong! (OW!)
Don't
tell
me
what I can't do
(huh!)
I'll
show
you
what I can do
(ha!)
Don't
tell
me
what I can't do
(huh!)
I'll
show
you
what I can do
(Now!)
Funky outro
fade out