I JUST CAN'T CHANGE

Well, you can come by in the morning baby
It'll be alright
That's alright
Well if you wanna stop by this evening
I'll be home about nine
Well but don't you come around if you're gonna act strange
No don't do it to me

Because I just can't change, babe
I just can't change
No matter how I try, child
I just can't change

Well you tell me how much you miss me girl
Well I miss you too
Yes I do
And it's been so long since you kissed me
Don't you think I'm about due

Ohhhhhhhhh
But don't you, don't you be comin' 'round
If you're gonna try and rearrange
No don't do it to me

Because I just can't change, girl
I just can't change
No matter how I try, child
I just can't change

Yeah, well you come around whenever you want to
And don't you know I want you to because you're so fine to see
And you tell me how you've got the love
Yes I know you've got a lot of love
And you wanna give it to me
But sometimes you make me crazy
Trying to put them chains on me, babe
No, not me baby

And she calls so sweetly
So discreetly on the telephone
And she says how you been babe
Are you busy and are you alone
And I tell her
If you've got the money, then something can be arranged

Child
Oh I just can't change
No I just can't change
No matter how I try honey
I just can't change

Ohhhhhhh
I just can't change
You gotta take me as I am
Yeah, you gotta take me as I am
I just can't change baby
No I just can't change

Played also in 1972. These lyrics refer to the versions performed at The Backdoor Club, Richmond, VA on 04 Feb 1970 and on 26 or 27 of the same month.

A Bruce Springsteen Band song, this could almost be an answer to the Steel Mill track I CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE. One person can't change, the other can't take it, they both love each other but refuse to find a compromise. Another example of just how complicated even the most simple things can be.