Maybe I’ll Understand

James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff

I'm brokenhearted, it's my fault
Treated my baby wrong, and I just got to talk
But help me, somebody, I'm a man
Help me, somebody, I believe she just don't understand
I'm trying so hard, trying so hard
I'm trying to do the best I can, oh yes I am

When I, I lay down
I got my baby on my mind, oh yes I have
When I, when I lay down
I got my baby on my mind, oh yeah
I'll think about the good things, and the good times
The way she make me feel so fine

Mmm, I said I'm sitting in the dark, oh now
And I don't, I don't need no light
Oh yes I am, oh yes I am, yes I...
I'm sitting alone in the dark
I want the world to know I don't need no light
I need no light
'Cause I'm wondering, I'm wondering where she's gone
And I'm wondering what, what she's doing tonight
And all I can say, all I can say is
Help me, somebody, help me understand
Help me, somebody, I know that I'm not her man
'Cause I need her, to hold my hand
Then maybe, maybe I'll understand

That's the reason she wanted me for her part-time love now
She says, "Baby, baby, you don't understand"
AND OH, baby, I swear I just can't be
I can't be, I can't be your back-door man now, oh, no, I can't
I said, I said I just can't be
I said I can't be your back-door man, oh no I won't
I won't sneak and hide, baby
I'm a fool, people say, I just don't understand, oh no, oh no
Play it one time, Jimmy, oh now

[Jimmy Nolen guitar solo]

Take it down some
Can't lose these blues
Mmm...can't lose these blues
I remember, I remember, my grandma told me one time
She said it's so hard, when you're trying to play a Blackjack game
Oh yes it is
I had 15, hit him with a 6
You know, you know, you know he wasn't just the same
Ain't that a sin?
If I could've hit that 15 I had
Do you know that would make me win?
I guess I'm, I guess I'm, I'm in hard luck
And OH, and OH...help me, somebody, hey
Help me, somebody, OH, help me, somebody
Help me, somebody, OH...

Trivia about the song Maybe I’ll Understand by James Brown

When was the song “Maybe I’ll Understand” released by James Brown?
The song Maybe I’ll Understand was released in 2008, on the album “The Singles, Vol. 6: 1969-1970”.
Who composed the song “Maybe I’ll Understand” by James Brown?
The song “Maybe I’ll Understand” by James Brown was composed by James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Ron Lenhoff.

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