Lou Rawls — We Understand Each Other lyrics

Lyrics

You hear some distant drummer play
I think we understand each other
Have you no else to offer?
Poor boy!
I have expenses to defray
I hope we understand each other
We have a problem
Yes, but it’s not that we don’t understand each other
Oh brother!
When they say «understand» (I'll never comprehend)
They gotta mean fairyland (My putrid taste in men)
For twenty tons of silver (It's not fair)
She sold him into stir (I love)
And when it gets his (Each little hair)
Freedom back (And he)
He throws it away over her (Don't even care about me)
When they say «understand» (When they say «understand»)
He must mean some other girl (Must mean some other man)
Our preconceptions to retain
We’re obligated to exclaim
We understand each other
We understand each other
We hear some distant drummer play
Must mean we understand each other
Oh brother!
If there’s a problem
We’ll admit not that we don’t understand each other
Each other
When they say «understand» (What could be wrong with me?)
It’s like Wendy and Peter Pan (I know his repartee)
Have you ever met somebody (Insincere)
More self-involved than he (He's down there)
This has got to be a miracle (I'm up here)
The man has divine empathy (But whenever he’s near it’s)
Some kind of divine empathy (Some kind of divine empathy)
When they say «understand» (When they say «understand»)
Smells like something else to me (We're talking sleight of hand)
Each other’s mind we read so well
We have no time to know ourselves
We understand each other
We understand each other
Though we don’t even know ourselves
We think we understand each other
Though we don’t even know ourselves
We think we understand each other
Each other
Though we don’t even know ourselves