Can't Stand Me Now

Album: The Libertines (2004)
Charted: 2
Play Video
  • An ending fitting for the start
    You twist and tore our love apart
    Your light fingers threw the dark
    That shattered the lamp and into darkness it cast us

    No, you've got it the wrong way round
    You shut me up, and blamed it on the brown
    Cornered the boy kicked out at the world
    The world kicked back a lot fuckin' harder now

    If you want to try
    If you want to 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 want to go

    Oh, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me now

    Have we enough to keep it together?
    Or do we just keep on pretending
    And hope our luck is never ending now
    You tried to pull the wool I wasn't feeling too clever
    And you take all that they're lending
    Until you need amending now

    If you want to try
    If you want to try
    There's no worse you could do
    Uh oh oh

    I know you lie
    All you do is make me cry
    All these words they ain't true

    I can't take me anywhere, I can take you anywhere
    You can't take me anywhere, I will take you anywhere
    I'll take you anywhere you want to go

    Oh, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me

    Oh, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no, you can't stand me
    No, you can't stand me, no

    No oh oh
    You can't stand me now
    Oh oh oh Writer/s: Carl Ashley Raphael Barât, Mark Hammerton, Peter Doherty
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Ash from SuffolkThe song was inspired by the time Doherty burgled Barat's flat' The harmonica on the play out is a reference to the fact that one of the items stolen by Pete was a harmonica.
  • Joe from Manchester, United KingdomJustin- Georgetown, IN

    Babyshambles had already been formed by Pete in between the two albums, he was actually running between studios recording both albums.
  • Ste from Manchester, United KingdomThis is the best song The Libertines did..although it does sound asthough they are both high!!
see more comments

Editor's Picks

Desmond Child

Desmond ChildSongwriter Interviews

One of the most successful songwriters in the business, Desmond co-wrote "Livin' La Vida Loca," "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" and "Livin' On A Prayer."

The Police

The PoliceFact or Fiction

Do their first three albums have French titles? Is "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" really meaningless? See if you can tell in this Fact or Fiction.

Marvin Gaye

Marvin GayeFact or Fiction

Did Marvin try out with the Detroit Lions? Did he fake crazy to get out of military service? And what about the cross-dressing?

John Lee Hooker

John Lee HookerSongwriter Interviews

Into the vaults for Bruce Pollock's 1984 conversation with the esteemed bluesman. Hooker talks about transforming a Tony Bennett classic and why you don't have to be sad and lonely to write the blues.

Dave Edmunds

Dave EdmundsSongwriter Interviews

A renowned guitarist and rock revivalist, Dave took "I Hear You Knocking" to the top of the UK charts and was the first to record Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk."

Wherefore Art Thou Romeo Lyric

Wherefore Art Thou Romeo LyricMusic Quiz

In this quiz, spot the artist who put Romeo into a song lyric.