Yvonne Elliman

I Can't Explain

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I got a feeling inside
It's a certain kind
I feel hot and cold
Deep down in my soul
I said I can't explain
I'm feeling good enough baby
I'm dizzy in my head
And I'm feeling blue
Things you say but maybe they're true
Getting funny dreams again and again
I know what it means but
I can't explain
I think it's love
I'm trying to say to you
When I feel blue
But I can't explain (can't explain)
Yeah hear what I say boy (can't explain)
I'm dizzy in the head
And I'm feeling bad
Things you say got me real mad
Getting funny dreams again and again
I know what it means but
I can't explain
I think it's love
I'm trying to say to you
When I feel blue
But I can't explain (can't explain)
Well give me one more chance (can't explain)
I'm dizzy in the head
And I'm feeling bad
Things you say got me real mad
Getting funny dreams again and again
I know what it means but
I can't explain
I think it's love
I'm trying to say to you
When I feel blue
But I can't explain (can't explain)
Just hear what I say boy (can't explain)

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

If I can't have you

Everything's Alright

Can't Find My Way Home

If I Can't Have You [From Saturday Night Fever]

Best of My Love

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by fyschee

9y ago

Yvonne does a great version of this song on her Food of Love album.

I have always thought that Yvonne would have been in the same leage as other top female performers of her era like Stevie Nicks, Heart, etc., if she hadn't had such huge success with "If I can't have you," which made her synonymous with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and overshadowed everything else she ever did including her fine performance as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar.

She did several excellent albums before hitting big with that song. Her first self titled album, and "Food Of Love", which included her great version of "I can't explain.

She wasn't a songwriter but sang every song as if she had written it herself, with her beautiful smooth as molasses voice.

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