Mercedes Ain't no way for me to love you If you won't let me No, it ain't no way for me to give you all you need If you won't let me give all of me I know that a woman's duty Is to help and love a man And that's the way it was planned Oh, but how can I, how can I, how can I Give you all of the things I can If you're tyin' both of my hands? Oh, it ain't no way (Ain't no way) It ain't no way (Ain't no way) It just ain't no way, baby (Ain't no way) Ain't no way, baby (Ain't no way) It ain't no way for you me to love you (Oooh) If you won't let me Stop tryin' to be someone you're not Hard, cold, and cruel is a man Who paid too much for what he got And if you need me to love you Say, say you do Oh then, baby, baby, baby Don't you know that I need you? Oh, ain't no way (Ain't no way) I tell you that it ain't no way, it ain't no way, it ain't no way, baby (Ain't no way) No, it just ain't no way (Ain't no way) It sho' ain't no way (Ain't no way) It ain't no way for me to love you (Oooh) If you won't let me