No Can Do
Mark Knopfler
[Chords] A7sus4 x02233 Am6 x02212 D9 x54530 E9 x76777 [Verse 1] Am A7sus4 Skint in a material world I did a warehouse stint for south sea girl Am A7sus4 It was Hong Kong clothes for cash Everybody got treated worse than trash Punch the card in the company clock A7sus4 Load trolleys and the company trucks And around and around the whole day through And you couldn’t sit down when there was nothing to do [Verse 2] Am A7sus4 Well they had beaten up people from every land Fools like me trying to be in bands Am A7sus4 A little French girl so good to me But I couldn’t love her back so lonely It was a backpacker travelling through A lumberjack with the travelling blues We had worn out shoes and worn out cuffs Big ideas that were never big enough [Chorus] He said "The man wants you go wash his car" "Hey you I’m talking to you" I said "Me? Not me uh uh no can do" No can can do no can No can can do no can [Verse 3] Am A7sus4 Some were grown up unlike me And were dealing with reality Am A7sus4 I was spitting sulking smoking shirking While the lady from Jamaica was singing and working I had everyone but me to blame And everyday was just the same Well nobody ever said it was a righteous world But if they did they never said to that south sea girl [Chorus] He said "The man wants you go wash his car" "Hey you I’m talking to you" I said "Me? Not me uh uh no can do" No can can do no can No can can do no can [Verse 4] Am A7sus4 Well I’ve made my bed on people’s floors Opened up and closed some doors Am A7sus4 Dreamed that if my dreams came true Then I wouldn’t do what I didn’t want to Walking through the gates to the outside Am A7sus4 To dream some dreams that never died And I walked the streets of London town Looking for a place to put my head down [Chorus] He said "The man wants you go wash his car" "Hey you I’m talking to you" I said "Me? Not me uh uh no can do" No can can do no can No can can do no can