I Can't Quit You Baby (Remaster) – English Lyrics

• By: Led Zeppelin
• Album: Coda

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of blues-rock with this Led Zeppelin classic. By listening to this song, you can learn the expressive power of English blues idioms and how emotional nuance is conveyed through repetitive, rhythmic phrasing and powerful vocal delivery.

[English]

作词 : Willie Dixon

作曲 : Willie Dixon

Woman I think I'm gonna put you down for a little while

I can't quit you babe

I... think I'm gonna put you down for a while

I said you messed up my happy home

You built my hopes so high

Baby then you let me down so low

You built my hopes so high then ya let me down... so low

Don'tcha realize sweet baby?

Woman I don't know... which way to go

solo～～·我的最爱。。。。

Woman I can't quit you babe

I think I'm gonna put you down for a while

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1	noun - an adult female human being
quit /kwɪt/ B1	verb - to stop doing something
mess /mɛs/ B1	verb - to spoil or ruin something
happy /ˈhæpi/ A1	adjective - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where one lives permanently
build /bɪld/ A2	verb - to construct or develop
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - of great vertical extent
low /loʊ/ A1	adjective - of less than average height
realize /ˈriːəlaɪz/ B2	verb - to become fully aware of as a fact
sweet /swiːt/ A1	adjective - having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey

Key Grammar Structures

• I think I'm gonna put you down for a little while

  ➔ Future intention using 'be going to'

  ➔ "Gonna" is a contraction of "going to," used to express a planned action or intent.

• You messed up my happy home

  ➔ Phrasal verb (transitive)

  ➔ "Messed up" means to ruin or cause disorder in a situation or relationship.

• You built my hopes so high

  ➔ Resultative adjective construction

  ➔ "So high" functions as an object complement, describing the result of the verb "built".

• Then you let me down so low

  ➔ Phrasal verb with object pronoun

  ➔ "Let down" is a separable phrasal verb; the pronoun "me" must come between the verb and the particle.

• Don'tcha realize sweet baby?

  ➔ Negative imperative and colloquial contraction

  ➔ "Don'tcha" is a colloquial contraction of "don't you", used here in an interrogative tone.

• Woman I don't know which way to go

  ➔ Wh-word + to-infinitive clause

  ➔ "Which way to go" acts as a noun phrase functioning as the direct object of "know".

• I can't quit you babe

  ➔ Modal verb of inability

  ➔ "Can't" (cannot) expresses the speaker's emotional inability or helplessness to leave their partner.