Ray Charles - Understanding lyrics

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* Understanding is the best thing in the world ,

between a boy and a girl

boy and girl and even a woman or a man , its always

better when you realy understand

1) You know understanding is a mighty powerful thing ,

thats why it makes me so sad

when I see my friends wandering aroung thru the world

, never knowing the meaning of the word

understanding , so in the next few minutes, Im gonna

try to explain just exactly what it means

now wait a minute, listen , for instance , you take me

and my old lady , we gotta good thing goin

because I know If I dont work and pay the rent and the

bills and buy her fine pretty clothes to wear well ,

there are fifteen other guys just waitin round the

corner , and I dont care how much that woman loves me

, she磗 gonna go out and find herself one of them who

will and thats why I believe that

* repeat

2) Now listen I dont want you to think that this is a

one sided affair , no no

because my old lady also understands that a man must

have respect

what I mean is , if she must play around dont let me

catch her , because what I dont see cant hurt me , you

understand? but on the other hand , If I should ever

catch her Im not gonna talk about-a

and call her a bunch of bad names like you all might

no no mh

what Im gonna do , Im gonna go down-town to the

hardware store and buy myself a double blade axe ,

come back , square off, and believe her soul磗 gonna

belong to the good lord

because her head磗 gonna belong to me , and I

guarantie she磍l know what I mean when Ill say

* repeat several times ............. ( FADE )