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Artist: Van Halen
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Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)
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Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)
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It's ok, I'll do what I want if I choose
I can take the fall, there's a choice
It's my destiny in my hands
Yeah, it's up to me
I can drive
I can shoot a gun in the streets
Score me some heroin
I can jump, be the sacrifice
Bear the cross just like Jesus Christ
And I don't wanna hear what love can do
No, I ain't gonna tell you what's right for you
Is it right, to take the easy way?
Close your eyes, get on your knees and pray
Now you're saved, by a higher voice
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' up your choice
If I'm wrong, then I'll pay for it
If I'm right, yeah you're gonna hear about it
But I'll try, yeah I'll try for it
I'll try and I'll try, 'til I'm satisfied
And I, I'm tired o' hearin' what love can do
And I, ain't gonna tell you what's right for you
I've seen the damage done
Yeah, I heard the shotgun
And felt the settin' sun on my kingdom come
Ohhh!
Is it right, uh, to take the easy way?
I don't know, I get down on my knees and pray
Now I'm saved, by a higher voice
Givin' up, givin' up, givin' up my choice
If I'm wrong, hey! Then I'll pay for it
If I'm right, yeah, you're gonna deal with it
'Cause I'll try, yeah I'll try for it
I'll try and I'll cry, even die for it
No, I don't wana hear what love can do
No, I, I can't tell you what's right for you
Oh, I, I, I tell you what love can do
No, I, I, I can't say when your time is through
I've seen the damage done
Oh, Lord, I heard the shotgun
I felt the settin' sun on my kingdom come
Nooo!
Yeah! A-hey, hey, hey!
Don't tell me what love can do, uh
Hey, hey, hey! Uh!
Hey, hey, hey!
Don't tell me what love can do, alright
Hey, hey, hey!
What love can do
Hey, hey, hey!
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