Mark Knopfler - No Can Do Lyrics
Skint in a material worldI did a warehouse stint for southsea girlIt was hong kong clothes for cashEverybody got treated worse than trashPunch the card in the company clockLoad the trolleys and the company trucksAnd around and around the whole day throughAnd you couldnt sit down when there was nothing to doWell they had beaten up people from every landFools like me trying to be in bandsA little french girl so good to meBut I couldnt love her back so lonelyA backpacker travelling throughA lumberjack with the travelling bluesWe had worn out shoes and worn out cuffsAnd big ideas that were never big enoughHe said the man wants you go wash his carHey you Im talking to youI said me, not me uh uhNo can doNo can can do no canNo can can do no canNow some were grown up unlike meAnd were dealing with realityI was spittin sulkin smokin shirkinWhile a lady from jamaica was singing and workingI had everyone but me to blameAnd every day was just the sameWell nobody ever said it was a righteous worldBut if they did they never said it at southsea girlHe said the man wants you go wash his carHey you Im talking to youI said me, not me uh uhNo can doNo can can do no canNo can can do no canWell Ive made my bed on peoples floorsOpened up and closed some doorsDreamed that if my dreams came trueThen I wouldnt do what I didnt want toWalking through the gates to the outsideTo dream some dreams that never diedAnd I walked the streets of london townLooking for a place to put my head down
