You Cant Be Too Strong

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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-  
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Did they tear it out, with tongues of steel
               
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And give you a shot, so that you wouldn't feel
             
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And wash it away, as if it wasn't real

               
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It's just a mistake, I won't have to face
                
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Don't give it a name, don't give it a place
                 
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Don't give it a chance, it's lucky in a way

    
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It must have felt strange, to find me inside you
    
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I hadn't intended to stay
                               
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If you want to keep it right, put it to sleep at night
 
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Squeeze it until it could say

                   
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You can't be too strong
                   
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You can't be too strong
                   
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You can't be too strong

                   
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You can't be too strong

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You decide what's wrong

                   
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Well I ain't gonna cry, I'm gonna rejoice
                 
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And shout myself dry, and go see the boys
                      
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They'll laugh when I say, I left it overseas


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Yeah babe I know that it gets dark, down by Luna Park
              
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But everybody else, is squeezing out a spark
                      
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That happened in the heat, somewhere in the dark, in the dark

     
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The doctor gets nervous, completing the service
      
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He's all rubber gloves and no head
                                   
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He fumbles the light switch, it's just another minor hitch

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Wishes to God he was dead

                     
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But you can't be too strong
                     
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You can't be too strong
                     
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You can't be too strong

               
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Can't be too strong, you decide what's wrong
              
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Can't be too hard, too tough, too rough, too right, too wrong
     
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And you, can't be too strong
     
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Baby you can't be too strong...

Repeat intro (I think).