When I was just a little boy battin' at home plate
The pitcher would pitch. I'd swing the bat but I always swung too late
So I'd head back to the dugout with my tail between my legs
Saying, I just can't do it. I know I can't do it. I can't. I can't. I can't.
But when my daddy saw me this is what he'd say
Can't never did do nothin' because he never did believe
That anything he wanted would ever come to be.
So change that gloomy face, boy, and get ready for what's coming
Get back on the base son 'cause can't never did do nothin'
So then I stayed after school one day to try out for a play
People were singing and people were dancing but I wanted to run away
So I hid out in the wings hoping that I would not be seen
Saying, I just can't do it. I know I can't do it. I can't. I can't. I can't.
But when that director found me he began to dance and sing; saying
Can't never did do nothing because he never did believe
That anything he wanted could ever come to be.
Only you have the key to open the cage and get ready for what's coming.
Curtain! Lights! Take the stage! 'Cause can't never did do nothin'.
Well I play for friends and Moms and Dads and Aunts and Uncles and lassies and lads
At parties , at dances, in cars and bars, just about anywhere.
But every now and then don't ask me why my stomach fills up with butterflies
Believe it or not, even I get shy. It can happen anywhere.
So I go hide in the corner safe from prying eyes
Saying I just can't do it. I know I can't do it. I can't. I can't. I can't.
But my friends they see right through me and they begin to sing.
Can't never did do nothin' because he never did believe
That anything he wanted would ever come to be
So we'll give you our attention because we know that's what you want .
Just get straight on your intention cause can't never did do nothin'.