Understanding is the best thing in the world
Between a boy and a girl
Boy and girl and even a woman or a man
It's always better when you really understand

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
I'm 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's gonna go out and find herself one of them
Who will and thats why I believe that

Understanding is the best thing in the world
Between a boy and a girl
Boy and girl and even a woman or a man
It's always better when you really understand

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
I'm not gonna talk about
And call her a bunch of bad names like you all might
No no no...
What I'm gonna do, I'm gonna go downtown to the
Hardware store and buy myself a double blade axe
Come back, square off, and believe her soul's gonna
Belong to the good lord
Because her head's gonna belong to me
And I guarantee she'll know what I mean when I'll say

Understanding is the best thing in the world
Between a boy and a girl
Boy and girl and even a woman or a man
It's always better when you really understand

"Understanding" Song Lyrics
(Performed by Ray Charles)

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