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You Got To Know How

Released by Bonnie Raitt in 1972
From the Album: Give It Up |

This version of You Got To Know How was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1972.

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You can make me do what you wanna do
But you got to know how,
You can make me cry, you can make me sigh,
But you got to know how,
You can make me do like this, you can make me do like that,
Woh, baby, but you got to know how.

Once a pal of mine stole a guy of mine,
But I got him back, now,
It’s the same old song, she couldn’t keep him long,
‘Cause she didn’t know how.
Well, I love my man, I make him holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, I really know how.

Technique ain’t tough, if you care enough,
You can learn to know how,
I might drop a hint how to strike my flint
If you yearn to know how,
Well, don’t tell me about the life you led,
Don’t try to drink me into bed,
No, baby, no, that ain’t the way how.

You got to take your time, you know it ain’t no crime
If it lasts all night.
I think you’ll be ideal when you begin to feel
That you’re doin’ right.

When you love me right, you hear me holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, when you really know how.

And if you stay with me, who knows how it will be
When we finally know how,
We’ll get a house in town, no need to move around
When we really know how,
Well, there’s tricks that I don’t even know,
Ones we’ll make up as we go.
Woh, mister, when we really know how.
Yes, mister, when we really know how.


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Bonnie Raitt has released many songs over the years besides You Got To Know How. Bonnie Raitt released songs from 1971 to 2005 spanning across albums like Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, Takin' My Time, Streetlights, Home Plate, Sweet Forgiveness, The Glow, Green Light, Nine Lives, Nick Of Time, Luck Of The Draw, Longing In Their Hearts, Fundamental, Silver Lining, and Souls Alike. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Raitt.

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