You Don’t Know Me
Ray Charles
Written by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold
from his “Modern Sounds In Country &Western Music” LP
Peaked at # 2 on the Pop chart in 1962
Ray's fourth-biggest Pop hit.
R&B cover version of co-songwriter Eddy Arnold's 1956 Top 10 country hit.
More than twenty-five years later, this song was covered by Meryl
Streep in her 1988 film “Postcards from the Edge.”
That same year, Ray's original R&B
ballad re-charted as a Top 15 single.
You give your hand to me and then you say “hello “
And I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so
And anyone can tell you think you know me well
But you don't know me (no, you don’t know me)
No, you don't know the one who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight
Oh, I'm just a friend, that's all I've ever been
‘cause you don't know me (no, you don’t know me)
For I never knew the art of makin’ love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
A chance that you might love me too (love me too)
You give your hand to me and then you say “goodbye”
I watch you walk away beside the lucky guy
Oh, to never never know the one who loves you so
Well, you don't know me
(For I never knew the art of making love)
(Though my heart aches with love for you)
Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by
A chance that you might love me too (love me too)
Oh, you give your hand to me and then you say “goodbye”
I watch you walk away beside the lucky guy
Oh, you’ll never never know the one who loves you so
Well, you don't know me
(You don’t know me)
(You don’t know me)
source: Robin Hood
(
geocities.com/hollywood/academy/3225/Rhythm_and_Blues) (
geocities.com/hollywood/academy/3225) (
geocities.com/hollywood/academy) (
geocities.com/hollywood)