We Can't Go On This Way

(J. B. Lenoir /Conrad Music)

I don't want to forgive you; you don't want to forgive me.
Darlin' don't you see we ain't gonna let one and other be.
We got to realize---we can't go on this way.
We can fly high and fly on away,
But we got to come back to one and other one day.

You stayed out all last night; I stayed out all night, too.
Darlin' can't you see what we put one and other through.
We got to realize---we can't go on this way.
We can fly high and fly on away,
But we got to come back to one and other one day.

I believe you love me and I know I love you, too.
Darlin' don't you see--this will never do.
We got to realize---we can't go on this way.
We can fly high and fly on away,
But we got to come back to one and other one day.

Scott Ainslie: vocals and 1931 National Guitar
Steven Roues: harmonica

This is my favorite J. B. Lenoir tune. Here we have a southern version of karma. In this song, running away clearly isn't going to do any good.