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You Don't Know a Lot About Me

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

The narrator asks a lover to look beyond reputation and appearances toward a life shaped by freedom, experience and keeping his word. Distance and gossip test the relationship, but he insists on fidelity. By the final refrain, his claim to be misunderstood softens into recognition that she may know him best.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

You Don't Know a Lot About Me

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT ME

Baby, I am more than what you see
I've spent a lifetime learning to be free
I'm A Bird without a wire, I've heard the angel choir
Around the world, so far away from me
And you mean so much more to me
Than anyone has meant before
You're the one I'm looking for
The Midnight Sun, Forevermore

Baby, I'm a man of my word
I don't understand just what you heard
People want to take you down
And drag your name all over town
When I am away from home
I'm with you when you are alone
You are everything to me
But, I'm still more than what you see

CHORUS:
You Don’t Know A Lot About Me
But I know a lot about you
I promised you that I'd be true
When I fell in love with you
Say goodbye to all the others
The world is hard, but love’s forever
Our Wild Card is one another
You're my one and only lover

CHORUS:
You Don’t Know A Lot About Me
But you know me more than I do
A fool for love, just maybe
I am so in love with you
White doves for my special lady
On our wedding day
I might be a little crazy
But you wanted it this way
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