I Can Do Without You out that Hickok was being sarcastic and that he trusts her "about as much as I do a blind rattlesnake with a new button on its tail." The song is a comical male-female quarrel, with Calamity and Hickok exchanging comic insults, somewhat reminiscent of "Anything You Can Do" from "Annie Get Your Gun". I Can Do Without You "I Can Do Without You" is a popular song, with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was included in the 1953 film, "Calamity Jane". It was performed by Doris Day and Howard Keel. Doris Day played
All I Can Do (album) All I Can Do (album) All I Can Do is the eighteenth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on August 16, 1976, by RCA Victor. In addition to eight Parton compositions, the album includes two covers; Emmylou Harris' "Boulder to Birmingham" and Merle Haggard's "Life's Like Poetry". The album was released around the time Parton began appearing regularly in the supermarket tabloids, and "Shattered Image", which advised to "stay out of my closet if your own's full of trash" was said to be a reaction to that. "The Fire That Keeps You Warm" was originally recorded by