You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure

Artist: Funkadelic

Title of album: Cosmic Slop

Year of first release: 1973

Trivia: Remake of "Heart Trouble[?]" (The Parliaments, 1965)

This is one of the more R&B-influenced songs on the album, which varies from R&B and soul to hard rock and heavy metal.

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Songwriters: George Clinton, Sidney Barnes[?]

Memorable Lyrics:

• "Grief has got a hold on me/I can't think for myself/It's all because that woman of mine/Making love to someone else"
• "I'm turning green from being blue"

Complete lyrics at the Motherpage (http://www.duke.edu/~tmc/motherpage/lyrics_funkadelic/lyr-cslop#lyr-s-measure)

The singer explains why he is sad, because his woman has left him for someone else. He claims to have noticed water in his house and called a plumber, who told him that the water did not come from his sink, but from his tears. He also claims his "nerves are shot" and he has devoured most of his fingernails in his pain.

Personnel:

• Lead Vocals: George Clinton, Ray Davis[?], Garry Shider

Critical response: