I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by 4internaluseonly 

Cover art for I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) lyrics by Hall and Oates

I don't think this song has anything to do with an affair. I think he's just a little jaded. Men and women have different hearts. Women are such testers of limits and boundaries with men. And men...I think they're so wrapped up in ego that sometimes they aren't really sure what they're in it for. I think he's probably played what he sees (at this point at least) as a game a couple too many times. Here's this woman he's involved with intimately and he's thinking: uh-oh here we go. It's not enough that I adore her...I'm ready, willing, never missing a beat...she wants to push and test and make me draw a line. Define it. She wants to know how deep I'm in. And here I'll go with the same lines, the same emotions, (oh I want to be with you forever..I think I'm in love..I've never felt this way before..I won't ever leave you), and to him it just sounds exhausting. You have my body...is that not enough? That's my interpretation.

My Interpretation