"I Could Have Told You" — Van Heusen and Cahn's 1954 foreknowledge.
I could have told you
Shed hurt you
Shed love you a while
Then desert you
If only you asked
I could have told you so
I could have saved you
Some crying
Yes I could have told you shes lying
But you were in love
And didnt want to know
I hear her now
As I toss and turn and try to sleep
I hear her now
Making promises shell never keep
And soon its over
And done with
Shell find someone new to have fun with
Through all of my tears
I could have told you so
I hear her now
As I toss and turn and try to sleep
I hear her now
Making promises
Shell never keep
And soon its over
And done with
Shell find someone new to have fun with
Through all of my tears
I could have told you so
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- Written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Carl Sigman in 1954. The knowing observer who predicted the outcome — "I could have told you she'd break your heart." Sinatra inhabiting the retrospective wisdom that is also grief.