You can't hold a man
by trying to put chains on him
You can't hold a man
by trying to stake a claim on him
You can't keep his love
by sneaking and peeping on him
Girls, take it from me,
you've got to let that man feel free
You can't keep his love,
on the lock and key
Cause you're only pushin'
your barber
out in the street
You can't hold a man
by trying to put chains on him
You can't hold a man
by trying to stake a claim on him
You got to make him feel at ease
Don't kill your love with jealousy
Just give that man,
give him what he needs
You won't have to worry
when he leaves
Tryin' to tie him down
Can't be your worst mistake
Oh, the man is gonna do
what he wants to
Anyway
You can't hold a man
by trying to put chains on him
You can't hold a man
by trying to stake a claim on him
You can't hold a man
by sneaking his peeping on him
You can't hold a man
by trying to stake a claim on him
You can't hold a man
by putting chains on him
You can't hold a man
You ain't gonna hold your man
You can't hold a man
Let your man be free
You can't hold a man
Let your man do what he want
You can't hold a man
You can't hold him with jealousy
You can't hold a man
You can't hold a man
Girls
You see, I made the mistake
of being too jealous
and over -possessive with my man.
And you know what?
I drove him right into the
arms of another one.
I didn't want to let him out of my sight.
I wanted to be with him day and night.
Every place he went,
I wanted to go.
Everything he did, I wanted to know
So if you got a good man
and you treat him this way
You better stop and think about it
before it's too late
Because I'm here to tell you to night
That you can't hold a man
Oh, I'm living with this tonight
I can stand here and
testify this evening
See, tried it one time,
I know it won't work