I should know you better
philip lacey 1956 (United Kingdom)
I should know you better
You always let me down you don’t care at all
You keep me waiting around when you’re supposed to call
I’ve been here all evening waiting here for you
But let me tell you, I have got better things to do
Why is it always the same time after time?
I should know you better by now I should decline
Yes I should know you better should be wise to you by now
I should know you better you’d think I would by now
Prancing up and down the room aware of passing time
Pausing for a moment to pour a glass of wine
Each time that a car door slams I open up the door
But I’m only disappointed and return to walk the floor
But when we chance to meet accidentally in the street
Your well-rehearsed apologies I’ve heard them all before
Your sense of dramatic uses reciting your excuses
Please forgive me I don’t need them anymore
Don’t try persuasion it won’t work anymore
You’re tears for forgiveness you’ve done that before
Your valentine has faded the message has worn out
But you’ll survive without me of that I’ve got no doubt
Why is it always the same time after time?
I should know you better by now I should decline
Yes I should know you better should be wise to you by now
I should know you better you’d think I would by now
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Submitted by musopa on May 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | x aabb CDEE cdff xfxf ffgg CDEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,245 |
Words | 243 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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