Lyrics to
I Can’t Stand It

This version of I Can’T Stand It was released by Lou Reed in 1972.

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It’s hard being a man
living in a garbage pail
My landlady called me up, ooohhh
she tried to hit me with a mop

I can’t stand it anymore more
I can’t stand it anymore more, oh
I can’t stand it anymore more

But if Candy would just come back
it’d be all right
Yeah, if Candy would just come back
it would be all right, come on baby

I live with thirteen dead cats
a purple dog that wears spats
They’re all out livin’ in the hall
and I can’t stand it anymore

I can’t stand it anymore more
I can’t stand it anymore more
I can’t stand it anymore more

But if Candy would just come back
it’d be all right
Ooohhh, if Candy would just come back
it would be all right, be all right now

Ah, come on baby

I’m tired of living all alone
yeah, nobody ever calls me on the phone
But when, ah, things start getting bad, ah
I just play my music louder

I can’t stand it anymore more
I can’t stand it anymore more
I can’t stand it anymore more
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it, oh
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it, no
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it, oh
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it
I can’t stand it, I can’t stand it
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About Lyrics and I Can’T Stand It by Lou Reed

The lyrics for I Can’T Stand It are defined as the words making up the song released by Lou Reed in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I Can’T Stand It have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Lou Reed and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I Can’T Stand It by Lou Reed if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Can’T Stand It" means the words set to the music of I Can’T Stand It, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Can’T Stand It and the lyrics to I Can’T Stand It are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Can’T Stand It, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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