Lyrics

If I Can't Have You 3:32
© 2010 James E. Thomas, Jr.
Misty Owl Music (ASCAP)

I don't want no cheerleader,
Beauty queen neither,
Calendar girl or a model.
No strawberry blonde
Having fun
Rollin’ me around like a marble.
If I was a schoolboy, I would carry your book.
If I was a catfish, I would swim to your hook,
'Cause I don't want nobody if I can't have you.

I would become a Buddhist monk,
Pack a trunk,
Ride all around the world on a steamer.
Like a bird needs some air
To get somewhere,
I'm the coffee, baby...you are the creamer.
I'll hop a freight train on a flatbed car,
Take this choo-choo to wherever you are,
'Cause I don't want nobody if I can't have you.

I am a yo-yo on the end of your string.
Wind me up tight, baby...give me a fling,
'Cause I don't want nobody if I can't have you.

So baby, comb your pretty hair,
Find something to wear.
Make yourself up kinda pretty.
I'm gonna shine my shoes,
Put on a tie, too, and
I'll be a cat... you'll be my kitty.
I'll wear my hat, and you can carry your purse.
We'll go down the street to the little white church,
'Cause I don't want nobody if I can't have you.

I don't want nobody... if I can't have you.