If You Don’t Know Me By Now

If you don’t know me by now
You will nev­er nev­er nev­er know me

All the things
That we’ve been through
You should under­stand me
Like I under­stand you
Now girl I know the difference
Between right and wrong
I ain’t gonna do nothing
To break up our happy home
Don’t get so excited
When I come home
A little late at night
Cos we only act like children
When we argue fuss and fight

If you don’t know me by now
You will nev­er nev­er nev­er know me

We’ve all got our
Own funny moods
I’ve got mine,
Woman you’ve got yours too
Just trust in me like I trust in you
As long as we’ve been together
It should be so easy to do
Just get your­self together
Or we might as well say goodbye
What good is a love affair
When you can­’t see eye to eye

If you don’t know me by now
You will never
Nev­er nev­er know me

Single Release Information

WEA
Released: March 1989
YZ377 7″
1. If You Don’t Know Me By Now
2. Move On Out (live)
YZ377TE 10″
1. If You Don’t Know Me By Now
2. Move On Out (live)
3. The Great Divide (S.H.T.G.)
YZ377T 12″
1. If You Don’t Know Me By Now
2. Move On Out (live)
3. Shine (live)
YZ377CD
1. If You Don’t Know Me By Now
2. Move On Out (live)
3. Shine (live)
4. Sug­ar Daddy
YZ377CDX Lim­ited Edi­tion of YZ377CD in Flip Top Box

Cred­its

Words and music Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Mighty Three Music Group/Island Music Ltd

Oth­er Info

This track was a single in March 1989 and is on the A New Flame album (1989) as well as the com­pil­a­tion albums Simply Red Greatest Hits (1996), It’s Only Love (2000) and The Greatest Hits 25 (2008)