This is my contribution to Song Lyric Sunday for Jim Adams’s blog. This week’s prompt…Alone/Confined/Depressed/Isolated/Restless/Solo
From their 1983 album, Next Position Please. The song did not chart but the video was in pretty heavy rotation on MTV.
I Can’t Take It
Well I saw you today and realized
How I missed my peace of mind
I feel your breath in my ear
But late at night it’s you I always think about
That little girl inside of you I once knew
I should have known better
Still the smell of you was on my face
But you were too busy
To notice me last night
How I missed my peace of mind
I feel your breath in my ear
But late at night it’s you I always think about
That little girl inside of you I once knew
I should have known better
Still the smell of you was on my face
But you were too busy
To notice me last night
Now I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it
I can’t make it alone
Oh no, ooh, oh no
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it
I can’t make it alone
Oh no, ooh, oh no
Then I tell myself I’ll put you down
Don’t want to see your face around
Don’t call me up anymore
When I hear your voice it’s in my ear
You’re kissing on the phone
It makes it all come clear
Don’t want to see your face around
Don’t call me up anymore
When I hear your voice it’s in my ear
You’re kissing on the phone
It makes it all come clear
Now I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it
I can’t make it alone
Oh no, ooh, oh no
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it
I can’t make it alone
Oh no, ooh, oh no
I try to tell myself
Don’t need you anymore
Don’t want you hanging around my door, oh no
Don’t need you anymore
Don’t want you hanging around my door, oh no
Now I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
If it’s wrong or right
I can’t take it, I can’t make it alone
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it alone
I can’t make it alone
If it’s wrong or right
I can’t take it, I can’t make it alone
You know how I tried
I can’t take it, I can’t make it alone
I try tell myself don’t need you anymore
I can’t take it alone, I can’t make it alone
Oh baby, my pretty baby
I can’t take it alone, I can’t make it alone
I can’t take it, I can’t make it alone
I try tell myself don’t need you anymore
I can’t take it alone, I can’t make it alone
Oh baby, my pretty baby
I can’t take it alone, I can’t make it alone
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Robin Zander / Robin W Zander
Free Fallin' 
Not a bad video considering it came along so early.
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Never heard this before. Great song for this theme.
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I really liked this song and the video was fun to watch.
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I did a lot of searching this week for the right song and came upon this one and I did remember it from MTV.
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Don’t remember this one! Nice share! 😊
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I always enjoyed Cheap Trick. Too bad this one didn’t chart
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I don’t remember this at all and was a huge MTV freak. WOW is all I got. Perfect for the prompt, but I wished I known that biting my ex-husband’s head off was an option 15 years ago. LOL!
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Yay, Cheap Trick! The only Cheap Trick song I know is the one they did for a famous 80s movie that I know forgot the title for (Top Gun? Ghostbusters?),. Anyways, I like “I Can’t Take It”, thanks for the recommendation!
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