You Can't Get That No More (03-15-44) - Louis Jordan

I went out to get some groceries the other day

From my neighborhood grocery store

And before I could open my mouth

The grocery man said «No!

You can’t get that no more»

That’s what he said, you can’t get that no more

He said, «I sold all I had the other day

It ain’t me Mr. Jordan, it’s the OPA

You just can’t get it, you got to do with what you got

Ain’t go have no more for the duration,

You got to be careful with your boots on»

The hip cats used to stand on the corner in their zoot suits

And them long chains hanging down all looking cute,

But things is very different now since Uncle Sam has got some Japs to shoot

You can’t do that no more

You can’t do that no more

No more standing on the corner day and night

Cause Uncle Sam says you got to work or you got to fight

So you can’t do that no more

No you can’t do that no more

You know the glamour gals stopped glamorizing

They working in defense plants wearing slacks

And some of them fine chicks is cutting out everyday

Joining the wave, the spas and the wax

Now fellas, you can’t get that no more

I am telling you fellas, you just can’t get it

You can’t jive these girls like you used to do

Cause some of them is making more money than you

I am telling you boys, you just can’t get that no more

No you can’t get that no more

You know the girls used to wake up every morning

And say lord send me a handsome man

One that is physically fit

But uncle sam has got all of them now

And the gals is got to take just what they can get

You can’t get that no more

Aint no need to be giggling girls

You just can’t get it no more that’s all

Girls you can’t be particular

You’ve got to take what’s left

Either them worn out 3A's or them beat up 4F's

That’s all you just can’t get it no more

No you can’t get that no more