If I Can't Have You

Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman was born in Honolulu and began her career as a singer in a group called "We Folk," while still in high school. In 1969, while singing in a club in London she was discovered and offered the role of Mary Magdalena in Jesus Christ Superstar. She appeared in both the Broadway stage production and the 1973 film version.

She has had numerous successful recordings, and sang back up for Eric Clapton on several of his albums, dating from 1974 through 1996. Her last two albums were "The Very Best of Yvonne Elliman ," and "The Best Of Yvonne Elliman. This song, "If I Can't Have You," was in "Saturday Night Fever"  topped the charts in 1978 and rose to the No.1 spot. She subsequently married RSO Records  president Bill Oakes and is reportedly "busy as a mom."
 

If I Can't Have You

Don't know why
I'm survivin' every 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-huh

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it all 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-huh

 

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