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I Know

This version of I Know was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1972.

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I know you don’t love me no more;
No, no more; and I don’t
(don’t) wanna be hurted any more,
Any more; yeah, yeah,
I’ve loved so hard, everything I did was no joy; if I can’t
Love you right, baby, I don’t have to love you at all

I know you don’t want me no more, no more
No, no more
And it had to be someone loving you more
Lovin’ you more
Ain’t no use in me cryin’ now all because you have put me down
If you don’t want me no more baby, ain’t no use in me hanging around.

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The lyrics to I Know are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bonnie Raitt used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to I Know have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bonnie Raitt and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I Know by Bonnie Raitt. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I Know" means the words set to the music of I Know, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I Know and the lyrics to I Know are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Know, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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