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Know By Now Lyrics

Artist: Robert Palmer
Album: Honey

Know By Now

You ought to know by now

Baby when our hearts awoke
Think of all the rules we broke
In the name of love we hoped
Little did we know

Darling all the time we spent
Ignoring all the consequences
And hiding from big evidence
Hoping things would change

But the yearning grew like the loneliness of a castaway
To be near to you was the only thing in my heart each day
Keeping me alive till your rescue came

Honey you mean everything to me
You ought to know by now
Love means everything
You ought to know by now
Only love can bring happiness

Wishful thinking spent in vain
What to loose and what to gain
All the guilt and all the pain seemed to come away
And baby when our hearts awoke
Think of all the rules we broke
In the name of love we spoke
Little did we know
But the hope was there
like a ray of sun on a cloudy day
Any change from impossibility to the only way
Love can conquer all
And its here to stay

Honey you mean everything to me
You ought to know by now
Love means everything
You ought to know by now
Only love can bring happiness
You ought to know by now
Love means everything
You ought to know by now
Only love can bring happiness

You ought to know by now
You ought to know by now
You ought to know by now
You ought to know by now

Comments/Interpretations

by Kiwi on 1/15/2010 9:27am
Palmer wrote an excellent song when he penned this. The lyric is enduring and beautiful. I really miss him.

by patric on 1/19/2011 5:54pm
A GREAT VOICE,A LASTING AND DEEP LYRIC WITH A BITTERSWEET VIEW

by may on 11/4/2011 10:20am
this is the song that makes me want to find love.......................

by tony on 7/2/2012 5:12pm
It is a great song, and great singer.

by brian gilroy on 1/20/2013 9:23pm
lovely song from a grate and miss singer rip mr p

by Dave Thompson on 8/30/2014 6:49am
Wonderful lyric which just sums everything up for me at the moment. I do though think that the lyric on the 3rd line of the second verse should end 'come our way'. It makes more sense, but all lyric websites say 'come away'

by Richard Harrison on 6/9/2023 12:47pm
Admired much of his work and find it surprising he died with so little comment.

I would love to read a biography if someone comes up with one