I KNOW SOMETHING
WORDS AND MUSIC BY HENRY GROSS ©2008 ACHTUNES, ASCAP
EVERBODY’S CRAZY BOUT SOMEONE
SOMEWHERE, SOMETIME
EVERYBODY’S MAKING THEIR OWN WAY
HOPING ONE DAY
LOVE COMES TO STAY
EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT SOMETHING
I KNOW SOMETHING
‘BOUT YOUR LOVING
I DON’T EVER CARE IF I’VE GOT TO TAKE THE STAIRS
‘CAUSE I’M CLIMBING UP TO HEAVEN’S GATE
WHEN YOU TAKE ME THERE NOTHING CAN COMPARE
SO I DON’T MIND HAVING TO WAIT
EVERYBODY’S DREAMING BOUT SOMEONE
WHEN THE NIGHT COMES
YOU’RE MY SOMEONE
SOLO- REPEAT BRIDGE
EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT SOMETHING
I KNOW SOMETHING
‘BOUT YOUR LOVING
I KNOW SOMETHING
I KNOW SOMETHING
SISTERS
WORDS AND MUSIC BY HENRY GROSS ©2004 ACHTUNES, ASCAP
MET YVETTE ON A JET DOWN TO METAIRIE
SHE WAS TWEEDLE DUM I WAS TWEEDLE DEE
TOLD HER SHE’D BE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD FOR ME
MET CLAIRE AT A FAIR IN JACKSON SQUARE
TRUE BLUE EYES AND DARK BROWN HAIR
PROMISED HER THEN AND THERE WE’D ALWAYS BE A PAIR
IT NEVER CROSSED MY MIND ALL THE TIME WE DATED
BY A TWIST OF FATE THEY’D BE RELATED
IN THE COURT OF THE TWO SISTERS I’M GUILTY AS SIN
THE JURY WON’T AQUIT ME FROM THE TROUBLE I’M IN
THEY’RE DIFFERENT AS CAN BE
BUT ON ONE THING THEY AGREE
IN THE COURT OF THE TWO SISTERS I’M CONVICTED
IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN THEY BOTH GOT WISE
BEING UNADVISED OF THEIR FAMILY TIES
FELT LIKE I GOT SHOT BETWEEN THE EYES
STUNNED, I SAID: “I’LL BE A SON OF A GUN”
BROTHER, LOOK WHAT MOTHER NATURE’S DONE
I HAD NO CASE, I KNEW MY RACE WAS RUN
YOU COULD SAY THEIR PATIENCE HAD BEEN TRIED
‘CAUSE MY APPEALS HAVE BEEN DENIED
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NOW I’LL NEVER BE ASHAMED TO ASK LAST NAMES
WHERE THEY PITCH THEIR TENTS OR FROM WHENCE THEY CAME
I LACKED ONE FACT, IT’S A CRYING SHAME
WATCHED MY GAME GO UP IN FLAMES
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