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Artist: Dinah Washington
Canonical path: /dinah-washington/why-can-t-you-behave
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Why Can't you Behave
Read Why Can't you Behave lyrics by Dinah Washington on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Why Can't you Behave
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Why can't you behave?
Oh, why can't you behave?
After all the things you told me,
And the promises that you gave,
Oh, why can't you behave?
Why, why, why can't you be good?
I was faithful and true but what good will it do
And do, do just as you should?
Yes you had the right touch but I was askin' too much
Won't you turn that new leaf over,
So your baby can be your slave?
Oh, why can't you behave?
There's a farm I know near my old home town,
Where we two can go and try settling down.
There I'll care for you forever,
'Cause you're all in this world I crave.
Oh, why can't you behave?
Why can't you behave?
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Dinah Washington performs "Why Can't you Behave", and this lyric page sits inside the Dinah Washington catalog on LyroVerse.
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