Songs
You Don't Know Me
Description
"You Don't Know Me" is a song originally recorded and released by Ben Folds featuring vocals and piano by Regina Spektor. The song was first released as single for Ben Folds' LP Way to Normal. "You Don't Know Me" then saw its album release the following month on 2008-09-30. The song was performed live for the first time a month later on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The rehearsal for this performance was recorded and released as "You Don't Know Me (Live Rehearsal at 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien'", included on the Expanded Edition of the album, as well as on the compilation album Stems and Seeds, released on 2009-02-10. The Spotify version of this song erroneously includes "March 2008" in the title, despite the only confirmed Ben Folds appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien occuring on 2008-10-02.
"You Don't Know Me", featuring both Ben Folds and Regina Spektor, was only performed live four times, with its final performance on 2017-07-26 at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA.
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Lyrics
I wanna ask you
Do you ever sit and wonder,
It's so strange
That we could be together for
So long, and never know, never care
What goes on in the other one's head?
Things I've felt but I've never said
You said things that I never said
So I'll say something that I should have said long ago:
You don't know me at all
(You don't know me)
You don't know me at all (at all)
You could have just propped me up on the table like a mannequin
Or a cardboard stand-up and paint me (paint me)
Any face that you wanted me
To be seen.
We're
Damned by the existential moment where
We saw the couple in the coma and
It was we were the cliche,
But we carried on anyway.
So, sure, I could just close my eyes.
Yeah, sure, trace and memorize,
But can you go back once you know
You don't know me at all
(You don't know me)
You don't know me at all (at all)
You don't know me at all
(You don't know me)
You don't know me at all (at all)
If I'm the person that you think I am
Clueless chump you seem to think I am
So easily led astray,
An errant dog who occasionally escapes and needs a shorter leash, then
Why the fuck would you want me back?!
Maybe it's because
(You don't know me,
you don't know me.)
So, what I'm trying to say is
What (What?)
I'm trying to tell you
It's not gonna come out like I wanna say it cause I know you'll only change it.
(Say it.)
You don't know me at all
(You don't know me)
You don't know me at all (at all)
You don't know me at all
(You don't know me)
You don't know me at all (at all)
What?
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Song Facts
Release Status:
Released
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Ben Folds
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Written:
Unknown
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Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 16 years
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
3
# of Times Performed Live:
8
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