You Don't Know Nothin' About It

You don't know nothin' about it.
You don't know what I've been through.
You think that love's supposed to make people happy.
Well, darling, I got news for you.

You say that I've been unfaithful.
That just isn't true.
Truth is that I have always been faithful.
I just ain't been faithful to you.

I've always known what I wanted.
Not double X, but XY.
I always prayed he'd ride into my life.
God answered my prayer. Now I'm living a lie.

You say that you are the victim.
I see how you might think that's true.
But I wouldn't have had to do what I've done.
Except for the hardness of people like you.

You and your kin all around here
Made my alternatives clear:
Get married, have kids, hide my love out of sight,
Or a tire iron, a ditch, the endless night.

Limited choices you gave me.
I picked the best of the two.
You'll understand it was nothing personal
When I got married to you.

You don't know nothin' about it.
You don't know what I've been through.
You think that love's supposed to make people happy.
Well, darling, I got news for you.

Remember the day we got married?
The part when I said "I do?"
I was kind of surprised - nobody noticed -
I wasn't looking at you.

No, I looked right past you
To the very last pew,
Where he nodded his head
As he silently said,
"I do, too."

"You Don't Know Nothin' About It " Copyright 2007 Paul James Frantz (ASCAP)