You Can’t Say No Forever – The Go-Betweens

You can have hearing loss when you’re boyfriend says he’s boss, you’re scared of a new Endeavour
What can be tempting you? who can be tempting you, you look like a winter
You can’t say no forever
You can’t say no forever
I’ve tried

Run if you have to run up to the mountain air a writer’s retreat maybe
Sheltered and lonely there a fireplace and a rocking chair, you understand me
You can’t say no forever
You can’t say no forever
I’ve tried

You can’t say no in December
As the trees lined the drive
I’m sure your family remembers me by your side

Night as your clothes discard he asks was your day hard you can barely answer
“Yes, my world’s tumbling down, stone by stone to the ground”
Please, take out the garbage

You can’t say no in December
A piano played by a child’s hand
Drifts over the verandah and I’m your man

You can’t say no forever
You can’t say no forever
You can’t say no forever
You can’t say no forever
I’ve tried and I know why