Can in the Hand is a Cockroaches song released in 1987 as a B-Side of She's The One.
Song Credits[]
Written by John Field and Geoff Morrison, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd, previously published by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Ltd.
Song Lyrics[]
I dance on the table and roll on the floor
I swing from the window and jump through the door
I drink too much but I want one more
Loretta's just thought I'm such a bore
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
A can in the hand is a webbed sole in the beach
I dance on the table and roll on the floor
The host kicks me out, I've made too much fuss
I'm going home on a porcelain bus
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
The smell of bourbon stuck in my hair
Parties are more than everywhere
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We kept dancing for quite a while
Swinging loose, baby we were going wild
I fell in love but my baby's gone
I can't remember what's going on
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I tried but I just can't get it right
Yeah (Yeah)
I tried but I just can't get it right
Mine (mine)
I'm trying but I just can't get it right
He tried but he just couldn't get it right
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Smoke town baby, I'm not that type of man
A soot town web, now you don't understand
Where is Johnny and Jack and Pace?
Were going home, we've ripped this place
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)
Yeah, (Yeah!) yeah, (Yeah!) yeah, (Yeah!) yeah (Yeah!)
Uh-huh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh) uh-uh-huh, (Uh-huh-huh)
Uh-huh-huh (Uh-huh-huh)