I Shoulda Known Better

Lyrics

[Intro] This is Eric Andersen up here again I'm Phil, he's Don Um, I'd like, I wanted to bring him up here to do one thing Which is very much out of character with this whole program What's that? It's a song— Since this is a songwriter's hoot I'd like to do a song by the two most successful songwriters in the world Paul McCartney and John Lennon No rel— Okay, no relation [Verse 1] So I should have known better with a girl like you That I would love everything that you do And I do, hey hey hey, and I do [Verse 2] So I never realized what a kiss could be This could only happen to me Can't you see, can't you see? [Chorus] That when I tell you that I love you, oh You're gonna say you love me too, oh And when I ask you to be mine You're gonna say you love me too [Verse 3] So, I should have realized a lot of things before If this is love you've gotta give me more Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more [Chorus] And when I tell you that I love you, oh You're gonna say you love me too, oh And when I ask you to be mine You're gonna say you love me too [Verse 4] So, I should have realized a lot of things before If this is love you've gotta give me more Give me more, hey hey hey, give me more [Outro] I wanted to do that, you know For the main reason was that To make a point that it's all not nonsense That I think, you know, that In all of music today, you know What's going on in folk music I think the Beatles are the most exciting thing Really, musically going on And that's what I'd like to make a point about writing topical songs That I always try to do that When I'm writing songs Like the first song I did, the "That's What I Want to Hear" Is a very pop-oriented melody That's why we did it To show you that pop-oriented songs aren't necessarily bad That's pretty exciting music