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Should’ve Known Better Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I am my mother's daughter
I watched her with my father
I saw it all, the good and bad
Should've known better than that
You found me at the right time
I loved you from that first night
Bet everything on what we had
Should've known better than that
[Chorus]
I gave you my heart, you let it go to waste
You made me do the leavin' and you made me take the blame
Does it make you feel good to make me feel bad?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known bеtter
Than to break what you couldn't fix
Boy, what a shame what you'rе gonna miss
Why'd you go and do what you can't take back?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better than that
[Verse 2]
You sold me on the fantasy
Damn it, it all felt real to me
Thought you were the man in the photograph
Should've known better than that
Oh, I should've known better than that
I am my mother's daughter
I watched her with my father
I saw it all, the good and bad
Should've known better than that
You found me at the right time
I loved you from that first night
Bet everything on what we had
Should've known better than that
[Chorus]
I gave you my heart, you let it go to waste
You made me do the leavin' and you made me take the blame
Does it make you feel good to make me feel bad?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known bеtter
Than to break what you couldn't fix
Boy, what a shame what you'rе gonna miss
Why'd you go and do what you can't take back?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better than that
[Verse 2]
You sold me on the fantasy
Damn it, it all felt real to me
Thought you were the man in the photograph
Should've known better than that
Oh, I should've known better than that
[Chorus]
I gave you my heart, you let it go to waste
You made me do the leavin' and you made me take the blame
Does it make you feel good to make me feel bad?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better
Than to break what you couldn't fix
Boy, what a shame what you're gonna miss
Why'd you go and do what you can't take back?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better than that
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Still some nights, I'm cryin' on the floor
But I'm not sleepin' in the bed you made, no more
[Chorus]
I gave you my heart, you let it go to waste
You made me do the leavin' and you made me take the blame
Does it make you feel good to make me feel bad?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better
Than to break what you couldn't fix
Boy, what a shame what you're gonna miss
Why'd you go and do what you can't take back?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better than that
I gave you my heart, you let it go to waste
You made me do the leavin' and you made me take the blame
Does it make you feel good to make me feel bad?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better
Than to break what you couldn't fix
Boy, what a shame what you're gonna miss
Why'd you go and do what you can't take back?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better than that
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Still some nights, I'm cryin' on the floor
But I'm not sleepin' in the bed you made, no more
[Chorus]
I gave you my heart, you let it go to waste
You made me do the leavin' and you made me take the blame
Does it make you feel good to make me feel bad?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better
Than to break what you couldn't fix
Boy, what a shame what you're gonna miss
Why'd you go and do what you can't take back?
Yeah, you should've known better, should've known better than that
[Outro]
Oh, oh, you should've known better than that
Oh, oh, you should've known better than that
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What did Carly Pearce say about "Should’ve Known Better"?
Genius Answer
That one I actually wrote with two of my dearest friends in the industry, and it came from just a really honest, vulnerable place of trying to not assign blame for things that maybe you overlooked. And I think that that song in particular was kind of my quest, to try to not do that to myself, but I hadn’t quite allowed myself to forgive myself for that. I think we all have moments of that.
– Carly Pearce via Apple Music
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Percussion
Drums
Synthesizer
Bass Guitar
Steel Guitar
Dobro
Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Background Vocals
Release Date
February 5, 2021
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