I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

Album: Private Eyes (1982)
Charted: 8 1
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  • Easy, ready, willing, overtime
    Where does it stop
    Where do you dare me
    To draw the line
    You've got the body
    Now you want my soul
    Don't even think about it
    Say no go

    I, I 'll do anything
    That you want me to do
    And I'll do almost anything
    That you want me to, ooh

    But I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    No, I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    I can't go for that, no (no) no can do

    I can't go for that
    Can't go for that
    Can't go for that
    Can't go for that

    I can go for being twice as nice
    I can go for just repeating
    The same old lines
    Use the body
    Now you want my soul
    Ooh, forget about it
    Now say no go

    I, I'll do anything
    That you want me to do
    I'll do almost anything
    That you want me to

    But I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    I can't go for that, no (no) no can do

    I can't go for that
    Can't go for that
    Can't go for that
    Can't go for that

    Yeah, I, I'll do anything
    That you want me to do
    And I'll do almost anything
    That you want me to

    But I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    I can't go for that, no (no) no can do

    I can't go for that
    Can't go for that
    Can't go for that
    I can't go for that

    No I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
    I can't go for that, no no, no can do
    I can't go for that, (no no no no) no I can't go for that

    I can't go for that (no can do)
    No can't do
    I can't go for that (no no no no can't do)
    I can't go for that
    I can't go for that, yeah (no can do)
    No, no, no, no, no, no Writer/s: Brycyn Evans, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Melissa Elliott, Roosevelt Iii Harrell, Sara Allen
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

  • Jor-el from AlabamaIt's

    I CAN'T go for being twice as nice
    I CAN'T go for just repeating the same old lines

    You have it listed as I CAN go etc.
    That makes no sense in the context of this song
  • Paul Osman from Liverpool, England.This song reminds me of Al Green's style, reminiscent of Let's Stay Together in rhythm But a great song in its own right. Play both together!
  • Tom from Appleton, WiJust heard on a "Live From Daryl's House" that this song was specifically about not bowing to the wishes of his record label. Songfacts ought have that as a category - including Billy Squire's "The Stroke" and Nick Lowe's "I Love My Label."
  • Bill from Cheltenham, PaI can name a song made not long after this one that was VERY much influenced by it: "Yah Mo B There" by James Ingram/Michael McDonald from 1983
  • Steve from Bradford, United KingdomI think 'Baba Oreilly' wrote by Pete Townsend of the Who, was the very first song to be released in 1971 (UK) to use experimental drum machines
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 30th, 1982 "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" reached #1, thus ending the 10 week reign of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" as the
    No. 1 record. It also prevented Foreigner's "Waiting For A Girl Like You" from reaching #1, it had been #2 for nine straight weeks while "Physical" was in the top spot!!!
  • Michael from Seabrook, NhWhen you think about it Hall & Oates body of work defines their era as well or better than most. It all sounds great twenty-five years later.

    Mike, NH,USA
  • Spence from Brooklyn, NyIm my opinion, this is the greatest Pop song ever made!!!
  • Liquid Len from Ottawa, Canada"This was one of the first ever chart hits to feature a drum machine."
    That songfact is incorrect. This was 1982 - several years AFTER the disco craze! By then drum machines were getting pretty standard.
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