Understanding - Ray Charles

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

, sheЈ— gonna go out and find herself one of them who

will and thats why I believe that

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 soulЈ— gonna

belong to the good lord

because her headЈ— gonna belong to me, and I guarantie sheЈЌl know what I mean when Ill say