"You Don't Understand" lyrics - VAN MORRISON

You don't understand
How hard it can be for one man
You don't understand
How I was taken in
You don't wanna know that there's evil in the land
You don't understand
How bad people can be
What happened to me
You don't understand

[?], you don't believe
You don't believe how bad it can be
'Cause you don't wanna see
What's happened to me
What fame can do to you
You don't have a clue
I'm only one man
You don't understand

[Chorus:]
Can't trust human nature
Can't trust human nature no matter what you do
Human nature can't be trusted
Human nature can't be true

Tryin' to see through the Celtic mist
Does freedom of speech exist?
What free state is this?
You don't understand how they work in the dark
You don't understand what it's like to be a mark
You don't understand how bad it is
I was taken in
You don't understand how mad and dangerous some people can be

[Chorus:]
You can't trust human nature
No matter what anyone tells you to do
Human nature can't be true
'Cause it's only human through and through

Tryin' to see through the Celtic mist
Does freedom of speech exist?
What free state is this?
You don't understand how they work in the dark
You don't understand what it's like to be a mark
You don't understand how I was taken in
How mad, bad, and dangerous
How mad, bad, and dangerous some people can be
Why can't you see?

[Outro:]
Take my name in vain
'Cause me to be [wrecked and strain?]
People that are comfortably insane
Feels like a ball-and-chain pounding on my brain
You don't understand
You don't understand my life is in shreds
You don't understand, you don't understand

You don't wanna believe how bad it is
You don't understand how bad it can get
You don't understand how sad it is
You don't understand how my life is in shreds
I just wanna put it to bed, put it away
You don't understand how bad my life is
You don't understand
You just can't comprehend
[?] around the bend
You don't understand, you don't understand
You don't understand, you don't understand

You don't understand, you don't understand
You don't understand, you don't understand
You just don't understand