[Vocals: Robert Forster]

You can have hearing loss when your boyfriend says
He's boss, you're scared of a new endeavor
What can be tempting you?
Who can be tempting you
You look like a winter
You can't say no forever
You can't say no forever
I've tried

Run, if you have to run up to the mountain
Air a writer's retreat maybe
Sheltered and lonely
There a fireplace and a rocking chair
You understand me
You can't say no forever
You can't say no forever
I've tried

You can't say no in December
As the trees lined the drive
I know your family remembers me by your side
Night, as your clothes discard he asks
Was your day hard, you can barely answer
"Yes my world's
Tumbling down
Stone by stone
To the ground"
Please take out the garbage
You can't say no in December
A piano played by a child's hand
Drifts over the verandah and I'm your man
You can't say no forever
You can't say no forever
You can't say no forever
You can't say no forever
I've tried and I know why