You Can't Be Too Strong

Album: Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
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  • Did they tear it out with talons of steel
    And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel?
    And washed it away as if it wasn't real?

    It's just a mistake I won't have to face
    Don't give it a name, don't give it a place
    Don't give it a chance, it's lucky in a way

    It must have felt strange to find me inside you
    I hadn't intended to stay
    If you want to keep it right, put it to sleep at night
    Squeeze it until it could say

    You can't be too strong
    You can't be too strong
    You can't be too strong
    Can't be too strong
    You decide what's wrong

    Well I ain't gonna cry, I'm gonna rejoice
    And shout myself dry and go see the boys
    They'll laugh when I say I left it overseas

    Yeah babe, I know it gets dark, down by Luna Park
    But everybody else is squeezing out a spark
    That happened in the heat, somewhere in the dark, in the dark

    The doctor gets nervous completing the service
    He's all rubber gloves and no head
    Yes, he fumbles the light switch, it's just another minor hitch
    Wishes to God he was dead

    But you can't be too strong
    You can't be too strong
    You can't be too strong
    Can't be too strong
    You decide what's wrong

    Can't be too hard
    Too tough, too rough
    Too right, too wrong
    And you can't be too strong
    Baby can't be too right Writer/s: Graham Parker
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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