Understanding Lyrics

The song Understanding is performed by Ray Charles in the album named Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection in the year 1997 .



* Understanding is the best thing in the world ,
between a boy and a girl

boy and girl and even a woman or a man , its always
better when you realy understand

1) You know understanding is a mighty powerful thing ,
thats why it makes me so sad
when I see my friends wandering aroung thru the world
, never knowing the meaning of the word
understanding , so in the next few minutes, Im gonna
try to explain just exactly what it means
now wait a minute, listen , for instance , you take me
and my old lady , we gotta good thing goin
because I know If I dont work and pay the rent and the
bills and buy her fine pretty clothes to wear well ,
there are fifteen other guys just waitin round the
corner , and I dont care how much that woman loves me
, she磗 gonna go out and find herself one of them who
will and thats why I believe that

* repeat

2) Now listen I dont want you to think that this is a
one sided affair , no no
because my old lady also understands that a man must
have respect
what I mean is , if she must play around dont let me
catch her , because what I dont see cant hurt me , you
understand? but on the other hand , If I should ever
catch her Im not gonna talk about-a
and call her a bunch of bad names like you all might
no no mh
what Im gonna do , Im gonna go down-town to the
hardware store and buy myself a double blade axe ,
come back , square off, and believe her soul磗 gonna
belong to the good lord
because her head磗 gonna belong to me , and I
guarantie she磍l know what I mean when Ill say

* repeat several times ............. ( FADE )



Ray Charles - Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

Sep 1997

  1. Confession Blues - The Maxin Trio
  2. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles Trio
  3. Kissa Me Baby
  4. It Should've Been Me
  5. I've Got A Woman
  6. What'd I Say Parts l & ll
  7. My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)
  8. Sticks And Stones
  9. I Wonder
  10. Them That Got
  11. Ruby
  12. Hardhearted Hannah
  13. The Danger Zone
  14. But On The Other Hand Baby
  15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ray Charles/Betty Carter
  16. At The Club
  17. Hid 'Nor Hair
  18. Your Cheating Heart
  19. Take These Chains From My Heart
  20. The Brightest Smile In Town
  21. Without Love (There Is Nothing)
  22. Ol' Man River
  23. Smack Dab In The Middle
  24. Makin' Whoopee
  25. Without A Song (Parts 1 & 2)
  26. The Cincinnati Kid
  27. I Chose To Sing The Blues
  28. Together Again
  29. Yesterday
  30. Understanding
  31. Drifting Blues
  32. In The Heat Of The Night
  33. Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You
  34. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  35. If It Wasn't For Bad Luck - Ray Charles/Jimmy Lewis
  36. We Can Make It
  37. Con't Change On Me
  38. Feel So Bad
  39. Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma
  40. Spirit In The Dark (Reprise) - Ray CharlesAretha Franklin
  41. Booty Butt
  42. I Can Make It Thru The Days (But Oh Those Lonely..
  43. America The Beautiful/ (Hidden Track)Coca Cola Commercial
  44. Living For The City
  45. Till There Was You
  46. How Long Has This Been Going On
  47. The Jealous Kind
  48. Is There Anyone Out There?
  49. Don't You Love Me Anymore?
  50. One Of These Days
  51. Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles/Willie Nelson
  52. We Didn't See A Thing - Ray Charles/George Jones
  53. Two Old Cats Like Us - Ray Charles/Hank Williams, Jr.
  54. Shake Your Tallfeather - Ray Charles/The Blues Brothers
  55. I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones
  56. That's Where It's At - Lou Rawls/Ray Charles
  57. Still Crazy After All These Years/ (Hidden Track)Olympia Beer Commercial

Understanding