In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
If yuh waan a man a bun a lot a trees
Not afraid to mek yuh see it a yuh knees
Yuh waan a man to mek yuh hung like a bee
Leave a message please
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin' out
It's what she thought of my ends
Dr. Know is in da house, capeash
To satisfy my ladies and mi honeys on my leash
Woman deh pon my cellular I beg unda this each
And tell mi how last night a ground and she reach
Woman a mi regula dem love call mi teach
Foot inna jacuzzi tub and dem feel mi keash
She don't waan mi leave she waan to keep mi on a leash
Dem tell mi seh she love go skinny dippin on di beach
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same,
now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
Hey! Dat ting yah weh mi love fi flag
Woman seh dem love it cau it betta when yuh slam
If yuh man a try fi satify yuh and him caan
Holla at di Doc and I will give yuh wah yuh waan
Send on di nieces and di sistas and di aunts
I'm not backin down from yuh kitchen no I caan
Sexy gal a model like a mi dem waan taunt
Girls dem a do we cause a big tree we plant
I am that man, that she dreams about, Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about, when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
I am Dr Know, when gal see mi dem see fun
Know when to go or when to tun
I am Dr Know, we have gal walk inna sun
To play wid di big water gun
I am Dr Know, weh mek gal nuh know weh fi tun
Get up pon fate fi siddung
I am Dr Know, Weh mek gal speak inna tongue
And she a, cree like dem drunk rum
I am that man, that she dreams about, Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about, when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
If yuh waan a man a bun a lot a trees
Not afraid to mek yuh see it a yuh knees
Yuh waan a man to mek yuh hung like a bee
Leave a message please
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
Dr. Know is in da house, capeash
To satisfy my ladies and mi honeys on my leash
Woman deh pon my cellular I beg unda this each
And tell mi how last night a ground and she reach
Woman a mi regula dem love call mi teach
Foot inna jacuzzi tub and dem feel mi keash
She don't waan mi leave she waan to keep mi on a leash
Dem tell mi seh she love go skinny dippin on di beach
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin' out
It's what she thought of my ends
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin' out
It's what she thought of my ends
Not afraid to mek yuh see it a yuh knees
Yuh waan a man to mek yuh hung like a bee
Leave a message please
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin' out
It's what she thought of my ends
Dr. Know is in da house, capeash
To satisfy my ladies and mi honeys on my leash
Woman deh pon my cellular I beg unda this each
And tell mi how last night a ground and she reach
Woman a mi regula dem love call mi teach
Foot inna jacuzzi tub and dem feel mi keash
She don't waan mi leave she waan to keep mi on a leash
Dem tell mi seh she love go skinny dippin on di beach
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same,
now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
Hey! Dat ting yah weh mi love fi flag
Woman seh dem love it cau it betta when yuh slam
If yuh man a try fi satify yuh and him caan
Holla at di Doc and I will give yuh wah yuh waan
Send on di nieces and di sistas and di aunts
I'm not backin down from yuh kitchen no I caan
Sexy gal a model like a mi dem waan taunt
Girls dem a do we cause a big tree we plant
I am that man, that she dreams about, Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about, when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
I am Dr Know, when gal see mi dem see fun
Know when to go or when to tun
I am Dr Know, we have gal walk inna sun
To play wid di big water gun
I am Dr Know, weh mek gal nuh know weh fi tun
Get up pon fate fi siddung
I am Dr Know, Weh mek gal speak inna tongue
And she a, cree like dem drunk rum
I am that man, that she dreams about, Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about, when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
If yuh waan a man a bun a lot a trees
Not afraid to mek yuh see it a yuh knees
Yuh waan a man to mek yuh hung like a bee
Leave a message please
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin out
It's what she thought of my ends
Dr. Know is in da house, capeash
To satisfy my ladies and mi honeys on my leash
Woman deh pon my cellular I beg unda this each
And tell mi how last night a ground and she reach
Woman a mi regula dem love call mi teach
Foot inna jacuzzi tub and dem feel mi keash
She don't waan mi leave she waan to keep mi on a leash
Dem tell mi seh she love go skinny dippin on di beach
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin' out
It's what she thought of my ends
I am that man, that she dreams about,
Dr. Know is my name
Things ain't the same, now she screams and shouts
Come on again and again
I am that man, that she talks about,
when she hangs with her friends
It's not the benz, why she's freakin' out
It's what she thought of my ends
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Dr. Know Lyrics as written by Dave Kelly
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