What Can I Do
Derrick Harriott Lyrics

What can I do
The singer is lost and does not know what to do to win the love of the girl he desires.

To hold your hand?
He wants to hold her hand and be close to her.

What can I say
He is searching for the right words that might make her fall in love with him.

To make you understand?
He wants her to understand his feelings for her.

You're driving me nuts
He is going crazy because he cannot be with the girl he loves.

Baby, baby, baby
He is addressing the girl he loves with affectionate words.

Come back, won't you be?
He is begging her to come back to him and be his.

I wanna be your loving man
He wants to be her loving partner and take care of her.

Oh, oh, how will it feel?
He wonders how it will feel to be with the girl he loves.

I wanna know how will it feel
He is curious about how it will feel to be in a relationship with the girl he loves.

To be in your arms
He desires to hold the girl he loves in his arms and be close to her.

How will it be?
He ponders how their relationship will turn out if he were to win her love.

To feel your many charms?
He is acknowledging the girl's attractive qualities and wants to experience them for himself.

Two weeks ago, the girl that I loved
The singer is talking about a past relationship where he lost the girl he loved.

She left me for my best friend
The girl he loved broke his heart by leaving him for his best friend.

And one week after, they were getting married
The girl he loved got married to his best friend only a week after breaking up with him.

She had the nerve to invite me down to the wedding
Despite breaking the singer's heart, the girl he loved still invited him to her wedding.

And I had the heart to go
Despite the heartbreak, he still attended the wedding to see the girl he loved.

But as I sat there in the back of the church that Sunday afternoon
He recalls sitting in the back of the church during the wedding ceremony.

I could hear the organ playing soft and low
He remembers hearing the organ music playing softly during the wedding ceremony.

Here comes the bride
The wedding ceremony began with the bride walking down the aisle.

And the preacher, he looked at the guy and he said, Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?
The preacher asked the groom if he took the bride to be his wife.

To love, cherish on and obey until the day you die?
The preacher asked the groom to commit to loving, cherishing, and obeying the bride forever.

And he said: I do
The groom confirmed his commitment to the bride by saying 'I do.'

Then he looked at the girl, that I loved
The groom's attention turned to the girl the singer loved.

And he said: Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?
The preacher asked the bride if she took the groom to be her husband.

To love, cherish on and obey until the day you die?
The preacher asked the bride to commit to loving, cherishing, and obeying the groom forever.

And she looked at him and she said: I do
The bride confirmed her commitment to the groom by saying 'I do.'

Lord have mercy, I couldn’t say a word
The singer was speechless after witnessing the commitment between the bride and groom.

Not one single, solid term of word, could I say
He was unable to speak a single word, despite wanting to express his feelings.

But as she came up the aisle
Despite his speechlessness, he still watched the girl he loved as she walked back up the aisle.

She stopped in front of me and she said, Derrick, darling, even though you and I are apart
The girl he loved addressed him by name and acknowledged the distance between them.

I'll always reserve a place here in the bottom of my heart, just for you
She promises to always have a special place in her heart for the singer, even though they cannot be together.

When I watched them as the people threw rice over their heads
He watched as the guests threw rice over the newlywed couple as they left the church.

I watched them as they drove away on their honeymoon
He continued to watch as the newlyweds drove off on their honeymoon.

And as I sat there, I hear the choir as they sang: Too late! She's gone!
The singer remembers hearing the choir singing 'too late, she's gone,' driving home the point that it was too late to win the girl he loved back.

Too late! She’s gone!
The girl he loved has already moved on, and it's too late for them to be together.

What can I do, do, do, do, do, do, do?
The singer is left with the question of what he can do to win back the girl he loves.

What can I do?
He expresses his hopelessness and desperation in his quest to win her back.