Yvonne Elliman If I can't have you 1977 16:9

Good Mid/Late Afternoon my RP Brothers and Sisters!

It's been kind of a carefree day, reading, at the Pool, and now back at my computer...
For this Mid/Late Afternoon Music Interlude, I selected a 1977 hit by Yvonne Elliman titled "If I Can't Have You"... This song/music video has garnered over 23,000,000 views on YouTube since June 2015

Background:

"Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born December 29, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of Jesus Christ Superstar. She scored a number of hits in the 1970s and achieved a US #1 hit with "If I Can't Have You"; the song was also #9 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Her cover of Barbara Lewis's "Hello Stranger" went to #1 on Adult Contemporary chart, and "Love Me" was also #5, giving her 3 top 10 singles. After a long hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she dedicated herself to her family, she made a comeback album as a singer-songwriter in 2004.

LYRICS:

"If I can't have you" By Yvonne Elliman

Don't know why
I'm survivin' ev'ry lonely day
When there's got to be no chance for me
My life would end

And it doesn't matter how I cry
My tears, so far, are a waste of time
If I turn away
Am I strong enough to see it through
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-ho, oh oh oh

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it up
So easily
To you my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-ho, oh

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-ho oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody baby
If I can't have you, uh-ho oh
If I can't have you
Writer/s: MAURO MALAVASI, DAVID ROMANI, WAYNE K. GARFIELD, BARRY GIBB, MAURICE ERNEST GIBB, ROBIN HUGH GIBB