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Artist: Donna Summer
Canonical path: /donna-summer/can-t-understand
Related lyric paths: 6
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Can't Understand
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Can't Understand
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One and only night, you don't have to leave at all
A car rolls up outside on time, a moment from your call
A handshake seems more fitting than a kiss
Such a shame that you and I should have to end like this
Can't we just sit down and talk it over
Surely you can ask the better way
Strange that you're the one so set on leaving
And I'm the one who said last night that it was all too late
Can't we just sit down and talk it over
Who knows, maybe in a little while
We'll forget our pride, and the things we said last night
And maybe you and I can talk it out
Tonight stay somewhere warm, they say it's gonna freeze
You may not find a place at all, so be sure and take your keys
I can almost taste the silence now
Does it really matter still, who was wrong, who let who down
Can't we just sit down and talk it over
Who knows, maybe in a little while
We'll forget our pride, and the things we said last night
And maybe you and I can talk it out
Hold on, hold on
Surely you and I can talk it out
Hold on, hold on
Surely you and I can make it right
Hold on, hold on
Can't we just sit down and talk it over
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
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Donna Summer performs "Can't Understand", and this lyric page sits inside the Donna Summer catalog on LyroVerse.
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