Lyrics to
I Know But I Don’t Know

This version of I Know But I Don’T Know was released by Blondie in 1978.

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Hey, y’know?
Uh, I dunno!
I know but I don’t know
I know but I don’t know
I know but I don’t know
I know but I don’t know

I give but I don’t get
I will but I won’t yet
I lose but I don’t bet
I’m your dog but not your pet

I know but I don’t care
Then I know but I don’t see
Now I see but I don’t know
I care but I don’t care

I could but I won’t be
You can but not with me
It’s all a mystery
Locked out without a key

Now I care but I don’t care
And I know but I don’t see
Now I see but I don’t know
I know but I don’t know

Now I know that you don’t know
And I see that you don’t see
I care but I don’t care
I don’t care that you don’t know

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About Lyrics and I Know But I Don’T Know by Blondie

When you decide to study the lyrics to I Know But I Don’T Know, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Blondie. Some of the lyrics to I Know But I Don’T Know have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Blondie and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I Know But I Don’T Know if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 But I Don’T Know" means the words set to the music of I Know But I Don’T Know, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blondie. 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 But I Don’T Know and the lyrics to I Know But I Don’T Know are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blondie who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Know But I Don’T Know, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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