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I Can't Help MyselfValerie Bailey
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CREDITS

Vocals: Valerie Bailey
Background Vocals: Valerie Bailey

Guitars: Steve Farris
Bass: Deon Estus
Drums: Herman Matthews
Drum Programming: Barry Coffing
Engineers: Bobby Ginsburg, Jon Stanka, and Barry Coffing
Produced by: Barry Coffing
Mixed by: Dale Penner
Recorded at: Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA. USA
Mixed at: Hipposonic Studios, Vancouver, BC. Canada

Mastered by: Ken Love, Five Points Mastering, Nashville, TN. USA

Photography: Ron Fontenot

Graphic Design: Megan Coffing

I CAN'T HELP MYSELF

I just can't help myself

Come on

I shouldn't look in your eyes

But I do

Your just a waste of my time

Yeah I knew

I already got your number, so why do I even call

It's only gonna take a little push or a slip
before I break down and fall

I can't help myself

I don't know what to do

I'm feeling lost and confused

I know I need to slow down

But I don't

Quit all my runnin' around

But I won't

Whatever I should be doin' is exactly what I can't do

My head and my heart are always at war

And I almost always lose

I can't help myself

I don't know what to do

I'm feeling lost and confused

I can't help myself

And what I'm doing is wrong, wrong, wrong

Alright

I can't help myself

And I don't know what to do

I can't help myself

I'm feeling lost and confused

I can't help myself

And what I'm doing is wrong, wrong, wrong

Alright

I can't help myself

And I don't know what to do

I can't help myself

I'm feeling lost and confused

I can't help myself

Cause what I'm doing is wrong, wrong, wrong

Alright

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I CAN'T HELP MYSELF

I was thinking along the lines of a relationship where the goal is to stay celibate. I should not be getting too deep in the dude’s craziness. The song is saying I shouldn’t look in your eyes because I know you’re deal and you’re dangerous. Why do I even call when it’s only gonna take a push or slip before I fall? But as it happens sometimes, I can’t help myself. Yes, I’m lost and confused and what I’m doing is wrong, but perfectly wrong and it feels good in the moment. This is a real situation in the world of Hollywood, where guys are always wanting to get sexual even when they barely know you – and as a woman, I’m thinking, he won’t really need that. And yet it happens. 

The lyrics are like me saying, I know what I’m doing is so wrong but I’m doing it right. I shouldn’t be doing what I’m doing, but I’ve gotten entangled in his web and can’t help myself – even as I’m trying not to do it. It’s like trying to convince yourself you’re a little bit pregnant! That’s what happens when we live in the flesh. The guy’s not right for me but there’s this undeniable animal magnetism. The way “I Can’t Help Myself” came out, was like a female version of a Lenny Kravitz tune – like 90 percent 70’s vibe and 10 percent modern. The production is contemporary enough that you know it’s a not an old song despite its sentiment and power. When I performed it at the Memphis Springboard showcase, I’m happy to say the crowd went crazy. 

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