I Never Knew (You Could Sing Like That)

from A Nickel's Bigger Than a Dime (album) by David Morrison

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lyrics

I knew you were vain
And completely insane
I knew you were born
In a festering drain
I knew you liked Kenny G
And were shorter than me
And were scared of chihuahuas
And your mother-in-law

But I never knew
You could sing like that

I knew you back when
You were terrible then
I don't know why I pretend
That I am your friend
When I think you belong
In some kind of zoo
And you believe in astrology
And homeopathy too

But I never knew
You could sing like that

No I never ever would have guessed
That you could make me misty eyed
And crumple up & not decide
If I loved you more
Or just hated you less

I used to hope you would choke
I tried to teach you to smoke
I would have liked nothing better
Than your farewell letter
Full of spelling mistakes
I really thought I would crack
How much more could I take?
Oh, I take it all back

Because I never knew
You could sing like that
No I never knew
You could sing like that
I never knew
How could I know?

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from A Nickel's Bigger Than a Dime (album), track released November 17, 2019
Composed & performed by DM.

Mastered by Joe Newman.

Harmony vocals by Lia Green.

Thanks to John Mergili for production advice.

A Rat Palace Production.

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David Morrison Wimberley, Texas

Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Occasional guest vocalist w/The Rudy Schwartz Project, Farrago Ensemble, The Able Sea & others. Has played hundreds of solo & band shows & been
featured on Church of the Subgenius show. Coproduced the Glimmer Blinkken's Golden Days & mixed the Mustn'ts EP. Currently w/the Lemon Settlement & the Swangles. Runs Rat Palace Recording. ... more

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