Cuts Like a Knife Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Drivin' home this evening
I coulda sworn we had it all worked out
You had this boy believin'
Way beyond the shadow of a doubt, yeah

Well, I heard it on the street
I heard you might've found somebody new, yeah
Well, who is he, baby, who is he?
And tell me what he means to you, oh yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
I took it all for granted
But how was I to know
That you'd be letting go

[Chorus]
Now it cuts like a knife!
But it feels so right
Yeah! It cuts like a knife
Oh, but it feels so right


[Verse 2]
There's times I've been mistaken
There's times I thought I'd been misunderstood - ooh yeah
So wait a minute darlin'
Can't you see we did the best we could, ooh, we could
[Pre-Chorus]
This wouldn't be the first time
Things have gone astray
Now you've thrown it all away

[Chorus]
Now it cuts like a knife yeah
But It feels so right
Oh! It cuts like a knife
Yeah! But it feels so right

Oh! It cuts like a knife!
But if feels so right baby!
Oh! It cuts like a knife!
Yeeah! Hey!

[Pre-Chorus]
I took it all for granted
But how was I to know
That you'd be letting go

[Chorus]
Now it cuts like a knife yeah
But It feels so right
Oh. Now it cuts like a knife
Yeah, but it feels so right! Yeeah!
Oh, it cuts like a knife
Ooh yeah yeah
But it feels so right baby
Ooh yeah
It cuts like a knife
Now give it to me now
Yeah yeah, come on boys, ow
Feels so right, yeah yeah yeah
Nananananana hey!
Now it cuts like knife now

[Outro]
But it feels so right, yeah yeah
Feels so right baby
Na na yeah, it feels so right
And it cuts like a knife
Yeah yeah
Feels so right baby

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Written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance.

The song features a typical boy-loses-girl lyric with an anthemic catchy chorus over a heartland rock riff.

The title cut from 1983’s Cuts Like A Knife album broke the Canadian rocker into the U.S. peaking at #6 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart and #15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

“Cuts Like A Knife” has become one of Adams' most popular, enduring and definitive songs, appearing on almost all of his compilation albums.

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