'He's Got His Hand On My Soul'

I CAN'T QUIT HIM
Apologies to Al Kooper & I. Levine

I can't quit him
He's got a hold on me
He got his hand on my soul
I can't quit him
'cause I see his face everywhere I go
In the city streets, in the country fields
In the back of my mind
I know it can't be real
For a man to possess
All the tenderness he had
But the hands of time
Keep tickin' on my back
'cause it's been so long
Since I had him back beside me,
Yeah, I know

I can't quit him
'cause on my darkest night
He comes on like a light
I can't quit him
Try as I may, with all my might
He had a man's touch
And a young boy's eyes,
And in seconds flat I was pros'lytized
Turned around,
And made to feel sweet love
But the hands of time
Keep tickin' on my back
'cause it's been so long
Since I had him back beside me

True love is somethin'
Ev'ry young boy knows about
And he fights his whole soul all the best to find some
I was a young boy
'till I held him in my arms
Now I find that I'm strung out behind some

I can't quit him
He got his hand on me
He got a hold on my soul
'cause I see your face everywhere I go
I can't quit him, woo ooo yeah
I know
You know I see your face
Everywhere I go!
I need him . . . I need the little boy