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What We Can't Have
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It’s a small crowd here again tonight
I’m playing these old songs I write
Nobody’s listening
But a rich guy in the corner booth
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It’s a small crowd here again tonight
I’m playing these old songs I write
Nobody’s listening
But a rich guy in the corner booth
full lyrics...
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Features Of This Song
country rock leanings
a subtle use of vocal harmony
extensive vamping
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
major key tonality
a dynamic male vocalist
slide/pedal steel guitars
acoustic rhythm guitars
subtle use of acoustic piano

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.
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He’s probably half my age
Make you happy, make you sad
Baby ain’t it crazy, baby ain’t it crazy
Made enough money
I’m tired of selling wine and beer
Make you happy, make you sad
We all want what we can’t have
But I come back here
And I thought to myself
I’ve got two kids and a wife
Ain’t it crazy, we all want what we can’t have
Nobody’s listening
It’s enough to drive you mad
It’s enough to drive you mad
He said, ”If I could have just one thing
Baby ain’t it crazy, we all want what we can’t have
"No wife no kids no place to be
But a rich guy in the corner booth
I would play guitar and sing
Make you happy, make you sad
Ain’t it crazy, we all want what we can’t have
It’s enough to drive you mad
It’s a small crowd here again tonight
Businessman sits at the bar
Order what I like and dress real smooth
Ooh, na, na, na, na, na
And then I’d never really feel alone”
I’d sure love something nine to five"
You sure you want to be like me
We all want what we can’t have
To get off work before two a.m.
Songwriters: Brad Warren, Brett Warren
We all want what we can’t have
It feels like I have been here all my life”
Lights up the end of a cigar
And then the rich guy he comes up to me
Ain’t it crazy, we all want what we can’t have
Ain’t it crazy, we all want what we can’t have
Thank God for this old guitar
I love this new guy sitting in
I’m playing these old songs I write
Make you happy, make you sad
We all want what we can’t have
But you know me, I’d like to stick around”
It’s enough to drive you mad
To leave this little stage
Picks up the tip jar and drops a twenty
And says, ”Bartender, pour me one more Crown”
And I think I’d like to be just like him
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And says, ”That last song it really hit home”
He says, ”I should be getting home tonight
We all want what we can’t have
And Bartender says
”If I were you, I’d get out of here
Every now and then
I wrote a song for a country star