We understand each other Bull! You hear some distant drummer play I think we understand each other Have you no else to offer? Poor boy! I have expenses to defray I hope we understand each other We have a problem Yes, but it's not that we Don't understand each other Oh brother! When they say "understand" They gotta mean fairyland For twenty tons of silver She sold him into stir And when it gets his freedom back He throws it away over her When he says "understand" He must mean some other girl I'll never comprehend My putrid taste in men It's not fair I love Each little hair and he Don't even care about me When she says "understand" Must mean some other man Our preconceptions to retain We're obliged to exclaim We understand each other We hear some distant drummer play Must mean we understand each other Oh brother! If there's a problem We'll admit it Not that we don't understand each other Each other When they say "understand" It's like Wendy and Peter Pan Have you ever met somebody More self-involved than he? This has got to be a miracle The man has divine empathy What could be wrong with me? I know his repartee Insincere He's down There, I'm up here But whenever he's near It's some kind of divine empathy When they say "understand" Smells like something else to me We're talking sleight of hand Each other's mind We read so well We have no time to know ourselves We understand each other Though we don't even know ourselves We think we understand each other Though we don't even know ourselves We think we understand each other Though we don't know ourselves I hope we understand each other Each other