Uploaded July 2009 | Updated September 2026, 6 minutes ago

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This is kind of a special song ....because it was one of the very first I wrote. I wasn't sure if I could write songs.....I penned this and the melody and took it to my sister's house to see what she thought of it. She helped me piece it together into this.

It is not autobiographical....but the feeling is based on something concrete in a loved one's life...and pain I had in my own at the time I wrote it.


You left today
Took my baby away
And I can't stand
No
I can't stand

There's a hole in my chest
And I feel I'm short on breath

I Can't Stand
No
I Can't Stand
No

I Can't Stand
Sleeping alone in our bed at night
I Can't Stand
The tears in our children's eyes
This thing has brought me down to my knees
This begging of you please......come home....
Come on home.....

It's pounding like rain in my head
I feel I'm walking dead
And I Can't Stand
No
I Can't Stand


I Can't Stand
Sleeping alone in our bed at night
I Can't Stand
Seeing the tears in our children's eyes
This thing has brought me down to my knees
This begging of you...please.....come home
Come on home.....

Something's got to take it away
The pain in my head
The botttle I just went through
Didn't do a thing......no.........not a thing....

I Can't Stand
Sleeping alone in our bed at night
I Can't Stand
Seeing the tears in our children's eyes
This thing has brought me down to my knees
This begging of you please........come home......
Come on home.......come on home.....