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  1. Tracks
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  4. Thought I Knew You (Live)

TRACK

Matthew Sweet

Thought I Knew You (Live)

Release date: 1992

From Goodfriend
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About This Track

"Thought I Knew You (Live)" is a track by Matthew Sweet, from the album Goodfriend, released 1992. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Matthew Sweet

Matthew Sweet

Lyrics

Thought I Knew You (Live)

[Interlude]

Oh, well, thank you

We're gonna now get in a little bit of the spirit of the evening

And play an acoustic number for you

A song of bitterness and betrayal called "Thought I Knew You"

[Verse 1]

I thought I knew you

I was in for a surprise

I let my love flow

From my heart into your eyes

And then I found out

That there was nothing I could know

Or guess about you

You'd go as far as you could go

[Chorus]

And it took me years to figure out

That there was nothing I could give to you

Years to figure out

That there was nothing you would take from me

And how can I describe the way

You slowly put my hope away?

And all of the time

I thought I knew you

[Verse 2]

I thought I knew you

But I wasn't even close

I had my heart set

On little more than a ghost

And I thought I'd show you

There was no way we could lose

I thought I'd force you

To realize and choose

[Chorus]

And it took me years to figure out

That there was nothing I could show to you

Years to figure out

That you were never really going to choose

And how can I describe the way

I slowly lost my love for you

And all of the time

I thought I knew you

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

And it took me years to figure out

That there was nothing I could show to you

Years to figure out

That you were never really going to choose

And how can I describe the way

I slowly lost my love for you

And all of the time

I thought I knew you

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

And it took me years to figure out

That there was nothing I could show to you

Years to figure out

That you were never really going to choose

And how can I describe the way

I slowly lost my love for you

And all of the time

I thought I knew you

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Track details

From Goodfriend

1992
Album
Goodfriend
Goodfriend
Matthew Sweet
Release year
1992
  1. —Isolation
  2. —Thought I Knew You (Live)
  3. —Cortez the Killer
  4. —Divine Intervention (12 inch b-side/demo)

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