An almost-hit (#103 in _Billboard_) for the pride of Beverly, Massachusetts, Teddy and the Pandas, in 1966. They continued recording for several years after this, degenerating from primo garage punk into so-so knockoffs of the Turtles and American Breed. --AWR
"We Can't Go On This Way" (Stone)
Intro:
acoustic guitar 1 [4X]:
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acoustic guitar 2 [enters 3rd time]:
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Verse 1:
Sugar is sweet but you're much sweeter
Flowers are pretty, but you're even prettier
Your love is warmer than a summer day [1: But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)
Verse 2:
You're the fruit of the tree in the Garden of Eden I should keep away but I feel the need, and My love goes stronger every day But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)
Bridge:
acoustic guitar fill:
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F#m [N.C.] E It hurts to part with you now F#m [N.C.] E But our love's the kind they don't allow
So don't hold on, soon I'll be gone
But I'll always remember
Verse 3:
Sugar is sweet but you're much sweeter Flowers are pretty, but you're even prettier And how I wish that I-I could stay [4: to coda] But you're so young and we can't go on this way (oh no)
[repeat chorus; replace first two lines with melody on celeste]
[repeat verse 3]
Coda:
But you're so young and we can't go on this way (sugar is sweet)
But you're so young and we can't go on this way (flowers are pretty) B A6 [N.C.] E / / / / / But you're so young and we can't go on this way