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Artist: Steve Harley
Canonical path: /steve-harley/understand
Related lyric paths: 6
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Understand
Read Understand lyrics by Steve Harley on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Understand
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Shall I begin from here to tell everything ?
Relinquish honour in order to make it ring ?
You'd have to give me your promise
You won't expect too much from this
You'll just be happy with the gold that I bring
We've been playing cat and mouse now for far too long
I can't let it simmer and just go gruelling on
I have to make my move
I've still got so much to prove
You can't imagine the life that I've had
Chorus: If I could put the words together
If I could put the words together
If only i could put the words together
You'd understand
You've been a magnet stuck in my memory
I'd hide if i could but I'm red in a yellow sea
Consider me lost in aspic
(I'd give in but that's not my schtick)
You'll haunt me for ever, I know you will
Chorus: If I could put the words together
If I could put the words together
If only i could put the words together
You'd understand
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Steve Harley performs "Understand", and this lyric page sits inside the Steve Harley catalog on LyroVerse.
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