IF IT DON'T FIT (DON'T FORCE IT)
(Larry Farrow / Carolyn Johns)

Kellee Patterson - 1978
Melvin Sparks - 2005

Also recorded by: Jean Knight



If it don't fit (If it don't fit, don't force it), don't force it
If it don't fit (If it don't fit, don't force it), nah, don't force it

If it don't fit, don't force it
Just relax and let it go
Just 'cause that's how you want it
Doesn't mean it will be so

If it don't fit, don't force it
Just relax and let it go
Just 'cause that's how you want it
Doesn't mean it will be so

I'm givin' up, I'm leavin'
Yes, I'm ready to be free
The thrill is gone, I'm movin on
'Cause you've stopped pleasin' me

I can't stand bein' handled
I've exhausted each excuse
I've even stooped to fakin' it
But tell me what's the use

You're tryin' hard to shame me
'Cause you wanna make me stay
But all it does is bring to mind
What Mama used to say

If it don't fit, don't force it
Just relax and let it go
Just 'cause that's how you want it
Doesn't mean it will be so

If it don't fit, don't force it
Just relax and let it go
Just 'cause that's how you want it
Doesn't mean it will be so

I know there'll be no changin'
We've been through all that before
I'm all worn out from talkin'
And now I'm a-headin' for the door

C'mon stop your complainin'
Someone else will come along
You can start your life all over
Sing her your brand new song

You're tryin' hard to shame me
'Cause you wanna make me stay
But all it does is bring to mind
What Mama used to say

If it don't fit, don't force it
Just relax and let it go
Just 'cause that's how you want it
Doesn't mean it will be so

If it don't fit, don't force it
Just relax and let it go
Just 'cause that's how you want it
Doesn't mean it will be so

(If it don't fit, don't force it, oh, no-no)
(If it don't fit .............FADE)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2006)