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Artist: Malvina Reynolds
Canonical path: /malvina-reynolds/i-don-t-understand
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I Don't Understand
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I Don't Understand
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Of course I have someone to love me and I don't need you.
Then why am I standing here when I didn't mean to.
And why, all on its own, does my hand
Reach out to touch your face.
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
Of course I have someone to love me and I love him too.
Then why, wherever I am, am I looking for you.
And why does my heart jump up, without my command,
When my eyes find yours.
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
When you have gone, I know I'll be cured of this fever,
I have a love of my own and I love him forever.
Then why, when I think of you gone, does this iron band
Clutch at my heart, my heart.
I don't understand.
I don't understand.
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