I Should Have Known Better
by Jim Diamond,

Released 1984 (4:05)

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Lyrics

AND I SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER
TO LIE TO ONE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON EVER LOSING YOU
BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D UNDERSTAND
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME
I SAW YOU WALKING BY THE OTHER DAY
I KNOW THAT YOU SAW ME, YOU TURNED AWAY
AND I WAS LOST
YOU SEE, I'VE NEVER LOVED NO ONE AS MUCH AS YOU
I'VE FOOLED AROUND BUT TELL ME NOW JUST WHO IS HURTING WHO

AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
TO LIE TO ONE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON EVER LOSING YOU
BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D UNDERSTAND
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER

IT'S TRUE, I TOOK OUR LOVE FOR GRANTED ALL ALONG
AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHERE I WENT WRONG
I JUST DON'T KNOW
I CRY BUT TEARS DON'T SEEM TO HELP ME CARRY ON
NOW THERE IS NO CHANCE YOU'LL COME BACK HOME, GOT TOO MUCH PRIDE

AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
TO LIE TO ONE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU
YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
TO TAKE A CHANCE ON EVER LOSING YOU
BUT I THOUGHT YOU'D UNDERSTAND
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME
AHH
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I LOVE YOU
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I LOVE YOU

NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO I LOVE YOU
NO-NO-NO-NO-NO-NO, YEAH
AND I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
TO LIE TO ONE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU

Tempo

Slow

Subpublisher

HORNALL BROS/KOBALT/IMAGEM

Jim Diamond
  • Writer(s): Graham LyleGraham Lyle & Jim Diamond
  • Rights owner: GRAHAM LYLE/JIM DIAMOND / GOODSINGLE LTD/IMAGEM
  • Subpublisher: HORNALL BROS/KOBALT/IMAGEM

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