Lyrics to
Can Do

This version of Can Do was released by Journey in 1978.

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Did you ever stop to listen
To what you’re missin’, in the things you say
If you open up your eyes
than you’ll realize, what I say

You can do what you want to
you can do if you try
You can do what you want to
You can do if you try

You take that golden rule
That you learned in school
And just throw it away
If you’re well directed
Then you’re protected, from the evil ways

You can do what you want to
You can do if you try

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About Lyrics and Can Do by Journey

When you decide to study the lyrics to Can Do, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Journey. Some of the lyrics to Can Do have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Journey and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Can Do if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Can Do" means the words set to the music of Can Do, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Journey. 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 Can Do and the lyrics to Can Do are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Journey who came here looking just for the lyrics to Can Do, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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