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Can't Stand Me Now

The Libertines

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PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Libertines

Performer

Carl Barât

Guitar

Peter Doherty

Guitar

Gary Powell

Drums

John Hassall

Bass Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Carl Barât

Songwriter

Peter Doherty

Songwriter

Mark Keds

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bill Price

Engineer

Mick Jones

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

An ending fitting for the start

You twisted and tore our love apart

Your light fingers threw the dart

Shattered the lamp but the darkness that cast us

[Verse 2]

You know you've got it the wrong way 'round

You just shut me up and blamed it on the brown

Cornered the boy, kicked out to the world

The world kicked back, a lot fucking harder now

[PreChorus]

If you wanna try, if you wanna try

There's no worse you could do

Uh-oh, oh

I know you lie, I know you lie

I'm still in love with you

Uh-oh, oh

Can't take me anywhere, I'll take you anywhere

You can't take me anywhere, I can't take you anywhere

I'll take you anywhere you wanna go

[Chorus]

Oh, you can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

Oh, you can't stand me now

[Chorus]

No, you can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

[Verse 3]

Have we enough to keep it together?

Or do we just keep on pretending?

And hope our luck is never-ending

You tried to pull the wool, I wasn't feeling too clever

And you take all that you're lendin'

Until you needed mendin' now

[PreChorus]

If you wanna try, if you wanna try

There's no worse you could do

Uh-oh, oh

I know you lie, all you do is make me cry

And all those words, they ain't true

[PreChorus]

Uh-oh, can't take me anywhere

I can take you anywhere

Can't take me anywhere

I won't take you anywhere

I took you anywhere you want to go

[Chorus]

Oh, you can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

[Chorus]

You can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

[Outro]

You can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

No, you can't stand me now

You can't stand me now

Written by: Carl Barât, Mark Keds, Peter Doherty

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