I CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE

Uh uh uh ohhhhhhhhh
Uh uh uh ohhhhhhhhh
I can't take it, everything coming down on me
Gotta make a break for it
I can't take it no more
Respect woman I demand it

You got to learn to settle down first
Caught you so many times telling that same old lie
I can't take it

I can't take it
Everything coming down on me
Gotta make a break for it
I can't stand it no more
You know I need my respect woman I demand it

You got to say I won't go
But honey I love you but I told you so
I can't take it no more

You know it's always the same
Pulling tighter on the rein
You always make it very plain
As to count me as a loser
You count me as a loser
You count me as a loser
Before the end of the game
Ain't it a shame
I guess I am the one to blame
Because that sweet talk's mine, not hers
That sweet talk, baby, bad's the word

You got to learn to ask me why
I've caught you so many times telling that same old lie
I can't take it, take it no more
Guess I'm gonna fake it, I just can't take it
You know I can, you know I can

I just can't take it no more
I just can't stand it
Just can't stand it no more

Steel Mill 1971. One known performance on 18 Jan 1971 at D'Scene, Sayreville, NJ.

Here is evidence of the drive to escape showing early in Bruce's work, a theme that would come to a head on Born To Run. Except in this case, the desire to run is born from a woman, not a class or social environment.