James Webb

Lyrics

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
by Cath Campbell & James Webb
© 2004, 2006. Amadeus WAM

Where’s your Mummy gone,
Youngest of the four,
Little girl.
Daddy has to manage at home,
Oh no.
Suddenly a scare,
Mummy nearly dies,
Your sister’s crying.
You’ve got to stay with your Grandma,
Alone.

Precious little boy,
Lying very still,
He could be sleeping.
He’s not coming home again,
Good bye.
Mummy’s on her bed,
Big brother’s with his mates,
It’s called ‘grieving’.
Daddy’s on a date with your sister,
Oh no.

Chorus
You don’t understand,
What’s happening,
Where you belong,
And why you feel so alone.
No one hears you cry,
Takes time to look in your eyes.
Why doesn’t somebody notice,
You don’t understand.

High school comes in time,
Things start looking up,
You’re really growing.
Life is something more than a dream,
At last.
Then father’s big deceit,
Mother cannot cope,
Perhaps she’s dying.
You’ve got to stay with your Grandma,
Again.

(Repeat Chorus)

You don’t understand,
What’s happening.
You don’t understand,
Where you belong.
You don’t understand,
Why you’re alone
You don’t understand,
Ooh, ooh, ooh.

You don’t understand,
What’s happening,
Where you belong,
And why you feel so alone.
No one hears you cry,
Takes time to look in your eyes.
Why doesn’t somebody notice,
You don’t understand.