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Why Can't You Be Good

from Blarney Stone by Larry Norman

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This recording is from a 1982 concert in Rotterdam, Holland.

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This is a song about love, about eh, sex, about marriage, about hatred, about eh, about, you know like if you're sixteen years old and you're walking around and you wanna fall in love with somebody. I say make sure that they fall in love with you. If you marry somebody make sure they, they love you as much as you love them. Real simple. He' we should be able to get it right somehow. So this is a song for you if you're sixteen years old, my advice, my advice to you is wait until you're eighteen [Spoken]

Wo oh oh

Why can't you behave
Why can't you be good
You don't even try
To do the things you should
Well what is the reason
I'd like to know
Why you can't be good

You go into the bedroom
You say you’ve got to powder your nose
But the powder is cocaine
I see traces on your clothes
Well what is the reason
I'd like to know
Why you can't be good

Take another look inside your dreams tonight
When you go to sleep
Try and find the reasons why you've lost your way
Like some little sheep

You say that you love me
You say your love is true
But you’ve got so many other lovers
What am I s’posed to do
Wo-oh what is the reason
I’d like to know
Why you can't be good
Oh

Take another long look inside your mind tonight
When you go to sleep
Try and find the reasons why you've lost your way
Like some little sheep

You say that you love me
You say your love is true
But you’ve got so many other lovers baby
What am I s’posed to do
Oh-oh what is the reason
I’d like to know
What is the reason
I’d like to know
What is the reason
I’d like to know
Why you can't be good

Ah can't you be good
Just be good you know, be good
I'm not saying you got to be perfect
You don't got to be perfect
Just try to be good, try
Try try try
Try to be good
You know sometimes, sometimes I stay up all night, you don't come home
Uh-uh, you don't come home
You don't come home 'til the next day
Or the next day after that, or the next day after that
Just try, try to be good
Try try
Gets a little bit lonely baby, a little bit lonely

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from Blarney Stone, released December 1, 2000

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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

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