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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 ya 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've tried, yeah I've tried for it
I'll try, I'll try, 'til I'm satisfied
And I
I'm tired of hearing what love can do
And I
Ain't gonna tell you what's right for you
I've seen the damage done
Down with the shotgun
Don't stop the setting sun on my kingdom come
Oh
Is it right to take the easy way
I don't know
I get on your 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've tried, yeah I tried for it
I'll try, and I'll cry, even die for it
No I
Don't wanna 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'll see the damage done
Oh Lord, I've heard the shotgun
I fought the setting sun on my kingdom come
Oh
Don't tell me what love can do, uh
Hey, hey, hey
Uh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Don't tell me what love can do
But
Hey, hey, hey
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 ya 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've tried, yeah I've tried for it
I'll try, I'll try, 'til I'm satisfied
And I
I'm tired of hearing what love can do
And I
Ain't gonna tell you what's right for you
I've seen the damage done
Down with the shotgun
Don't stop the setting sun on my kingdom come
Oh
Is it right to take the easy way
I don't know
I get on your 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've tried, yeah I tried for it
I'll try, and I'll cry, even die for it
No I
Don't wanna 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'll see the damage done
Oh Lord, I've heard the shotgun
I fought the setting sun on my kingdom come
Oh
Don't tell me what love can do, uh
Hey, hey, hey
Uh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Don't tell me what love can do
But
Hey, hey, hey
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Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do) Lyrics as written by Edward Van Halen Alex Van Halen
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Alex Van Halen: The (songs are) actually written in two pieces; first the music by itself. If it holds up as a song, then you have a damn good basis to put lyrics over. Sammy walks in, and 9 times out of 10 - if not 99 out of 100 - his first reaction to it, what comes out of his mouth as he kind of scat sings along with it, generally ends up being the song.
With this record, we spent a little more time asking Sammy to re-write stuff. Like, 'Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)' was originally 'What Love Can Do.' The whole slant of the song was one of universal love - that it can cure all and fix all, and the planet will be all right. Well, you hear so many people talking about it. I don't wanna hear it. Show me. I'm sick and tired of people telling me this shit. Then again, that's not the focus of the record, it's just one song. In it, we're saying 'Don't tell me this shit,' but (sequenced) right before this is a song called 'Can't Stop Loving You'.