Never Knew Your Name

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Never Knew Your Name
It Was Very Late In The Discotheque
I Was Feeling Blue As I Sometimes Do
I Turned Around It Was Time To Go
A Face In The Crowd A Face I Didn’t Know
We Got To Talking For A Little While
You Said Its Not The Sort Of Thing You Usually Do
Talking To Strangers So Late In The Night
These Days You Never Know

Well I Thought You Were Nice I Even Told You So
But You Smiled So Shyly And Said To Me
I Bet You Say That To All The Girls You Meet
But It Isn’t So
Yes, The Club Was Closing So We Had To Leave
We Walked Out Together Just A Little Ill At Ease
I Would Have Liked To Have Walked You Home
But You Said You’d Catch The Bus So I Ended Up Alone

I Never Knew Your Name Nor Your Telephone Number
Will I Ever See You Again? I Wonder?

It Wasn’t Any Longer Than An Hour Or Two
That Lonely Street I Said Goodbye To You
You Glanced Back At Me As I Turned The Corner
Was The Last I Saw Of You

Oh I Wanted To Call, Call Out Your Name
But Stupid Pride, And Idiot Shame
Hesitated Scared Of Playing The Fool
So You Walked Away….From Mr Cool

I Never Knew Your Name
Nor Your Telephone Number
Will I Ever See You Again…I Wonder?
No, I Never Knew Your Name Nor Your Telephone Number
Will I Ever See You Again? Oh Girli Wonder?
It Was Very Late In The Disco Tech
I Was Feeling Blue As I Sometimes Do
I Thought You Were Nice I Told You So
But I Ended Up Alone

No, I Never Knew Your Name Nor Your Telephone Number
Will I Ever See You Again? Girl, I Wonder?

Cause It Was Very Late In The Discotheque
And I’m Feeling Blue As I Always Do
I Turn Around ‘Cause Its Time To Go

OVERVIEW

Mike: ‘Never Knew Your Name’ was an old song that’d been kicking around for ages. After the band broke up in the 80s, I was working with Suggs on a project together. We did quite a lot of recording over a few years, and then he got talked into giving me the boot and starting a solo career. But in any case, this was a song that l’d written back then. His missus, the wonderful Anne McPherson, said, “It sounds like ‘Embarrassment'”. Immediately, Suggs seemed to go off it at the time. It’s funny how you get affected by people’s opinions. But I thought it was a great song. And then, when Suggs was not so enthusiastic about it, I thought “Maybe it’s not a good song”. But one time I was in the car with My Girl 2, the wonderful Maria, and I played the old demo to her and she said, “Ooh, that’s a hit”. So I went back to it and reworked it, which is an art in and of itself. So I brought it into the rehearsal, we went through it and we recorded it and I think it’s pretty good.

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Mike Barson Music & Words

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