You Can't Fix This
 

Written by S. Nicks, D. Grohl, T. Hawkins, and R. Jaffee

They don't talk much about it It goes back so many years
All the times we almost didn't make it
Stay clear

Dancing with the devil Call it respect
Call it fear
But we never allowed the devil to come to the party

We were careful in our own way We walked through the darkness We made a pact not to dance with the devil Even when the devil seemed to have a heart

He said we'd never be sorry
For what we'd done
And we never allowed the devil to come to the party

You can't fix this You lost a friend Hearts breaking Right and left Friendships break like glass
And the devil pours another glass
It's so easy

The devil pours a glass of champagne
Asks someone new to dance
It's so easy to ruin people's lives
He twirls around and starts to laugh
Tear up the invitation Hear the bells ring on the hour He twirls around and he laughs

He said we'd never be sorry
For what we'd done
And we never allowed the devil to come to the party

You can't fix this You lost a friend Hearts breaking Right and left Friendships break like glass
And the devil pours another glass

No, we never allowed the devil to come to the party Yes, we said that we would never be sorry For what we'd done
Never go the party if you think you won't come home

Never dance with the devil
(You can't fix this - You lost a friend)
He will burn you down
(Hearts breaking right and left)

Never dance with the devil
(You can't fix this - You lost a friend)
He will burn you down
(Hearts breaking right and left)

Never dance with the devil
(You can't fix this - You lost a friend)
He will burn you down
(You can't fix this - You lost a friend)

Don't ever dance with the devil
(You can't fix this - You lost a friend)
He will burn you down

You can't fix this

You can't fix this

You can't fix this

You can't fix this

You can't fix this

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

Stevie wrote this song after her godson Glen Parrish died from a alchohol/drug overdose at a frat party. The song is a cautionary tale: mess around with drugs and alcohol, and you might not come home alive. It's a little hard for me to figure out how Stevie can sing that she and her friends were "careful" and didn't invite the "devil" to their parties, though...

 


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