IF I KNEW YOU BETTER
Richard Rodgers (m) Lorenz Hart (l)   1929

as rec by Helen Kane w Leonard Joy & his Band  
July 2nd 1930 New York


I just hate conventions,
They make life a plan;
Please trust my good intentions,
I'll do the best I can!

Let's get old and show them,
Oh, it's fun to think you've sinned!
Let's take the rules and throw them
Out to the old four winds, 'cause;

If I knew you better
I'd hold you tight,
and if you knew me better
You'd think it was alright!

They say in time, love does away with all fear;
Let us pretend that we've known each other for years, huh?

If I knew you better,
Let's pretend we quarrelled when I met you, just then;
And now we kiss, and we make up again!
Oh, if I knew you better,
Why, I'd build you a castle for two,
For what could be better than loving you?

Let's play we quarrelled when I met you, just then;
And now we kiss, and we make up again!
Oh, if I knew you better,
Why, I'd build you a castle for two,
For what could be better than loving you?





(Contributed by Peter Akers - April 2009)