Lyrics

CANDOMBE — Katherine Bergeron

You are excitable
You want to light this place on fire
You want so many things
I give you all your heart desires
But when the trouble come down
And you’re on the spot
And I see for myself
That you are not
What you claim to be
That’s when you turn to me (and you say):

You can’t candombe if nobody wants you
No puedes candombe si nadie te quiere
You can’t candombe

You’re unpredictable
You change your mind with the season
You are illogical
Decisions don’t stand to reason
You said you’d always be there
By my side
But in the moment of truth
You took me for a ride
It’s plain to see
And then you turn on me (and you say)

You can’t candombe if nobody wants you
No puedes candombe si nadie te quiere
You can’t candombe

You never cared about anyone else
You only ever cared about yourself
That’s why you dared, you dared to say
That’s why you dared to say:

You can’t candombe cause nobody wants you
How can you stay cause nobody wants you
How can you stay

Now that it’s over
You tell me that you miss my voice
You’d still be dancing with me, baby,
If you’d made a different choice

You never saw your way to
Telling the truth
Because you knew that they would do
The same to you
As they did to me
When you turned on me (and you said)

You can’t candombe cause nobody wants you
How can you stay cause nobody wants you
How can you stay
No you can’t candombe
You can’t candombe, you can’t candombe
Cause nobody wants you, nobody wants you
How can you stay, how can you stay
How can you stay
How