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From: [email protected] (O’Neill, Rob)
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Subject: CRD: «You Can’t Be Too Strong» by Graham Parker
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 21:34:06 GMT
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For those of you fans of mid-to-late 70’s stuff by people like Parker, E.
Costello, etc., here’s a «blast from the past». This song was on an album
called «Squeezing Out Sparks» (a great record). The song caused a fair
amount of controversy around the abortion issue; you all can be your own
judges. I’ve gotten so much from this group that I wanted to finally
contribute by posting something that might be a little offbeat and of
interest to folks…
You Can’t Be Too Strong (Graham Parker)
Intro- E A B E A B E
B C#m
Did they tear it out, with tongues of steel
G#m A
And give you a shot, so that you wouldn’t feel
B E A B E
And wash it away, as if it wasn’t real
B C#m
It’s just a mistake, I won’t have to face
G#m A
Don’t give it a name, don’t give it a place
B E
Don’t give it a chance, it’s lucky in a way
A B
It must have felt strange, to find me inside you
E A
I hadn’t intended to stay
B
If you want to keep it right, put it to sleep at night
C#m A B
Squeeze it until it could say
C#m A B
You can’t be too strong
C#m A B
You can’t be too strong
C#m A B E
You can’t be too strong
A
You can’t be too strong
E B E
You decide what’s wrong
B C#m
Well I ain’t gonna cry, I’m gonna rejoice
G#m A
And shout myself dry, and go see the boys
B E A B
They’ll laugh when I say, I left it overseas
E B C#m
Yeah babe I know that it gets dark, down by Luna Park
G#m A
But everybody else, is squeezing out a spark
B E
That happened in the heat, somewhere in the dark, in the dark
A B
The doctor gets nervous, completing the service
E A
He’s all rubber gloves and no head
B
He fumbles the light switch, it’s just another minor hitch
C#m A B
Wishes to God he was dead
C#m A B
But you can’t be too strong
C#m A B
You can’t be too strong
C#m A B E
You can’t be too strong
A E B E
Can’t be too strong, you decide what’s wrong
A E B E
Can’t be too hard, too tough, too rough, too right, too wrong
A E B E
And you, can’t be too strong
A E B
Baby you can’t be too strong…
Repeat intro (I think).