Someone Knows Better Than Me Songtext / Lyric

In August I went out to the country for resting

There was a family of swallows in the barn there nesting

I saw the little ones and their feathers were breezy

I pictured their life and I thought it was easy

I said these guys just have to sit there and squeak

And their mother comes back with insects in her beak to feed them



You said, man,

Swallows migrate and it is amazing

They fly from Alaska to Argentina with their little wings

And I said I had never heard of such a journey

But someone knows better than me

Someone knows better than me



And then we were in Stockholm and it was beautiful in July

And the day after this famous Swedish director Ingmar Bergman died

And all the national papers had some special issues

With beautiful pictures and interesting interviews

I figured it was unlikely that they would gather all this stuff overnight

They must have needed much more time than this to write






And he felt rancid

And you said David

David don't you know about pictures?

They keep them at hand for the death of celebrities

And I said I will never get used to how twisted news can be

But someone knows better than me

Someone knows better than me



And then I remembered one month of June in Coney Island

When I was hiding a bottle of beer in the sand

It was too late for the ride(?) and it was too late for the Cyclone

Then I didn't have a girlfriend, but I didn't feel alone

I didn't need anyone to watch the sunset or maybe my brother

And now every time the sun goes down I hope we will be together kissin'



Baby listen

Baby I don't want to be without you

It would make me so mad, I wouldn't know what to do

I was blind but now I can see

But someone knows better than me

Someone knows better than me

Someone knows better than me