I Know Him So Well

Album: Chess (1985)
Charted: 1
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  • Nothing it so good it lasts eternally.
    Perfect situations must go wrong.
    But this has never yet prevented me,
    Wanting far too much for far too long.

    Looking back, I could have played it differently,
    Learned about the man before I fell,
    But it took time to understand the man,
    Now at least I know I know him well.

    Wasn't it good
    (Oh so good)
    Wasn't it fine
    (Oh so fine)
    Isn't it madness
    He can't be mine.
    But in the end he needs a little bit more than me
    (More security)
    He needs his fantasies and freedom
    I know him so well.

    No one in your life is with you constantly
    No one is completely on your side,
    And though I move my world to be with him,
    Still the gap between him is too much.

    Looking back I could have played it differently,
    One or a few more who can tell,
    But I was ever so much younger then,
    Now at least I know I know him well.

    Wasn't it good
    (Oh so good)
    Wasn't it fine
    (Oh so fine)
    Isn't it madness
    He can't be mine.

    Didn't I know,
    How it would go from the start If I knew,
    Why am I falling apart.

    Wasn't it good
    Wasn't it fine
    Isn't it madness,
    He can't be mine.
    But in the end he needs a little bit more than me.
    (More security)
    He needs his fantasies and freedom.
    I know him so well.

    It took time to understand him.
    I know him so well Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Chris Tutton from PorthmadogI can remember an orchestral version of this tune of almost indentical rythmn from the Autumn of 1954 when it was popular on the radio !
  • Robin Brown from Hadleigh.essex UkI have enjoyed this song for many years
  • Sara from Silver Spring, MdIn the musical this is sung by a Hungarian woman who is in love with a Russian (Soviet) chess master and the chess master's wife.
  • Sara from Silver Spring, MdSadly the song did not do to well in the US
    as it did in the US. Chess opened on Broadway
    with miscast actors and a terrible book and lasted only two months. The song was recorded by Barbra Streisand as well as Whitney and Cissy Houston. A recent concert version of the show starred Josh Groban and Julia Murney.
  • Dave from Cardiff, WalesOh blimey, I remember this was at number 1 for ages in the UK, seemingly 4eva...
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