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But I can't go for that, no (No)
No can do
I can't go for that, no (No)
No can do
I can't go for that, no (No)
No can do
I can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that
Can't go for that Daryl Hall & John Oates – I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)

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The “that” at play here is in fact the music industry. John Oates told Philly.com in March of 2014:

That song is typical of a lot of the lyrics we’ve written over the years. It seems like it’s about one thing, but it’s really not. What we have always tried to do, and if we have any kind of philosophy for our lyrics over the years it was to try to take a universal subject and somehow make it seem personal so that people could relate to it as if it was a personal thing. The underlying subject matter is actually not. That song is about the music business. That song is really about not being pushed around by big labels, managers, and agents and being told what to do, and being true to yourself creatively. That’s what that songs about. People take it and impose their own personal ideas about what its really about.

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The "that" at play here is in fact the music industry. John Oates [told Philly.com](http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/music/John_Oates_on_his_new_album_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_induction_and_what_I_Cant_Go_For_That_is_really_about_.html#OZAASESwEtLQoJjQ.99) in March of 2014:

> That song is typical of a lot of the lyrics we've written over the years. It seems like it's about one thing, but it's really not. What we have always tried to do, and if we have any kind of philosophy for our lyrics over the years it was to try to take a universal subject and somehow make it seem personal so that people could relate to it as if it was a personal thing. The underlying subject matter is actually not. That song is about the music business. That song is really about not being pushed around by big labels, managers, and agents and being told what to do, and being true to yourself creatively. That's what that songs about. People take it and impose their own personal ideas about what its really about.

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