OH NO. YOU CAN'T DO THAT !
Casablanca baby was in black and white
Saw it in living color on that Saturday night
Out on 67 in my S10  Chevrolet
I was Casanova things were going my way
" Oh no!  you can't do that "
Down at Kookys diner I was tryin' to look real cool
Hair slicked back like Elvis I was, nobody's fool
Strolled up to the counter sayin, throw me out a beer
" Honey you're much too young, get that sweet ass outa here "
Oh no, you can't do that.

Chorus:
I've been hearin' it all my life,
turn it on that trouble and strife
You can't do this and you can't do that
And you can't have fun like the big fat cat
Your much to young or your much too old
You're way too hot or you're way too cold
Oh no, you can't do that:

Found myself a sweetheart, it came time to settled down
A picket fence at great expense in the fancy part of town
Started off like Heaven, ended up like hell
" You can't go out with the boys no more and you can't drink beer as well "
Oh no!  you can't do that

So I took off down to Nashville, gonna be a country
Hooked up with a banjo, a fiddle and a steel guitar
 Sounded just like Waylon I was top shelf solid gold
" They said dude are ya outa your mind can't you see your way too old "
Oh no!  you can't do that

Chorus:
I've been hearin' it all my life,
turn it on that trouble and strife
You can't do this and you can't do that
And you can't have fun like the big fat cat
Your much to young or your much too old
You're way too hot or you're way too cold
Oh no! you can't do that:

 I dreamed I meet old Peter up at them pearly gates
He said, "Son you look like Elvis and you sound just like Tom Waits
Guess you could have made it, it was right there all the time
But you're always blowin' hot or cold, never walked that middle line"
  " OH NO, I CANT' DO THAT " !!!!!!!!.

Chorus:
I've been hearin' it all my life,
turn it on that trouble and strife
You can't do this and you can't do that
And you can't have fun like the big fat cat
Your much to young or your much too old
You're way too hot or you're way too cold
Oh no, you can't do that
Oh no, you can't do that.

© Matt Manning. IMRO/BMI

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