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You Don't Know Me Lyrics

You give your hand to me
And then you say hello
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me

No you don't know the one
Who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
Longs to hold you tight
Oh I am just a friend
That's all I've ever been
Cause you don't know me

I never knew the art of making love
No my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by
The chance that you might love me too

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away beside the lucky guy
Oh you will never know
The one who loves you so
Well you don't know me

You give your hand to me
And then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away beside the lucky guy
Oh you will never know
The one who loves you so
Cause you don't know me
Oh no you don't know me
OOhh...you don't know me
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Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

I have been looking for this song for so long. I love this part in My Best Friends Wedding. Its so emotional. tear..anyway..this is a great song i think.

Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

this is such a sad song, about a guy (it was made famous by ray charles) who's in love with a friend, but he can't tell her how he feels about her...peter cincotti does a great version, he has an awesome voice and plays piano very well.

Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

A beautiful song.

Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

this song sums up my lovelife.

Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

is she singing about a gay guy or about a girl she loves but could never have? every time i hear it it applies a different way...

Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

minze08, this song was originally done by a guy, so he was singing about a girl who walks away with the lucky guy.

jann arden covered this song and kept the lyrics exactly the same. personally, i love it when people do this, even if their sexuality and the song they are covering do not mesh. i love the ambiguity.

Thank you for pointing out that the singer's gender and sexuality doesn't have anything to do with the songs they sing. I am so sick and tired of people debating over such issues. The truth is, it doesn't matter.

I also love that Jann kept the lyrics the same as the original version of the song, and I love this cover.

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Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

I think the best scene in My Best Friend's Wedding is when Julianne and Michael are on the boat... I love when they dance and he whispers The Way You Look Tonight words in her ear... And she can't help crying... I cry when I see that scene... Wonderful...

Cover art for You Don't Know Me lyrics by Jann Arden

Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by...the chance that you might love me, too.

Isn't that the worst part of it all? Knowing that you had a chance, but you were too afraid, too insecure, to take that risk and tell them how you felt? And now it's too late, and they'll never know the person that loved them like you did.