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There are song title anomalies in the recording history from this period, likely due to shorthand titles being taken from setlists.
(There are song title anomalies in the recording history from this period, likely due to shorthand titles being taken from setlists.)
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Sheila Can Do (It)
| Name    = Sheila Can Do It
| Cover    =
| Cover    =
| Type    = Demo
| Type    =  
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| RC#      = 218
| RC#      = 218
| Recorded =  
| Recorded =  
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Status  = bootleg circulating
| Status  = live bootleg circulating
| RC's last song  = "[[Butterfly]]"<br>(RC# 217)  
| RC's last song  = "[[Butterfly]]"<br>(RC# 217)  
| This RC song    = "Sheila Can Do (It)"<br>(RC# 218)
| This RC song    = "Sheila Can Do It"<br>(RC# 218)
| RC's next song  = "[[Sunshine O]]"<br>(RC# 219)
| RC's next song  = "[[Sunshine O]]"<br>(RC# 219)
}}
}}
'''Sheila Can Do (It)''' is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 1996.
'''Sheila Can Do It''' is a song written by Rivers Cuomo in 1996 and performed at [[Homie]] shows in 1997. An earlier draft of the lyrics, entitled "Rachel Can Do It", is featured in ''[[The Pinkerton Diaries]]''.
 
During a Homie performance of the song at The Middle East in Boston, a woman exclaimed “That’s me!” upon Cuomo’s announcement of the song title. During this performance at TT & The Bear’s a few weeks later, Cuomo asks if the same Sheila is there (she wasn’t).


==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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And I don’t see the problem with that  
And I don’t see the problem with that  


La la la
</poem>
</poem>
==Trivia==
Though the meaning of the song is unknown, an early set of handwritten lyrics for the song is displayed in Cuomo's book [[The Pinkerton Diaries]], wherein the name Rachel was used instead of Sheila.
During a Homie performance of the song at The Middle East in Boston, a woman exclaimed “That’s me!” upon Cuomo’s announcement of the song title. During this performance at TT & The Bear’s a few weeks later, Cuomo asks if the same Sheila is there (she wasn’t).


==See Also==
==See Also==
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