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Verse/Chorus Song Clip (from "Honky-Tonk Opera PRV1" by Railtown)      Buy This Song in the Blue Clover Record Store

Verse/Chorus Song Clip (from "Rockability PRV1" by The Big Dogs)     (As of now, they're the same!)

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                 I CAN'T GO HOME

I can't go home, 'cause the bar's still open
And I don't know when to leave
Till the music stops and the lights go up
And the girls won't dance with me
There ain't nobody waitin', and no place I've got to be
I can't go home
I can't go home

Everybody knows my reputation,
I'm always runnin' 'round
'Cause there's always something goin' on
somewhere else in town
As long as there's a good time waiting anywhere for me
I can't go home
I can't go home

     I can shake a leg, I can cut a rug
     I'm a certified dancin' fool
     I can slow it down and hold 'em tight,
     the way a woman loves to do

But I can't go home, 'cause the bar's still open
And I don't know when to leave
'Till the music stops and the lights go up
And the girls won't dance with me
There ain't nobody waitin', and no place I've got to be
I can't go home
I can't go home

I can't go home

  Written by Jeff Stewart and Leon Tunstall
  Copyright Blue Clover Music (ASCAP) / Leon Tunstall