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Artist: Barbara Dickson
Canonical path: /barbara-dickson/you-don-t-know-what-you-want
Related lyric paths: 6
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You Don't Know What You Want
Read You Don't Know What You Want lyrics by Barbara Dickson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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You Don't Know What You Want
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I can see you smile, you don't mean it
Maybe for a while, but I've seen it
Every time you say you'll be my friend
You turn away, you've changed again
I don't understand the games you play
You change the rules every day
CHORUS :
You don't know what you want (what you want)
But you want all you see (all you see)
You don't know who you want (who you want)
But it's not me (it's not - it's not me)
Now you've got me captive you don't need me
Craving your affection, you won't feed me
Can we go on playing endlessly
When every time you laugh at me
Is this just another broken line
We said we'd mend another time?
CHORUS
Making loose connections, hanging by a thread
I took the wrong direction, can't see the way ahead
I don't understand the games you play
You change the rules every day
You don't know what you want
CHORUS TO FADE
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Barbara Dickson performs "You Don't Know What You Want", and this lyric page sits inside the Barbara Dickson catalog on LyroVerse.
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