Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, hmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
What I need from you is understanding
How can we communicate if you don't hear what I say?
(Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
What I need from you is understanding
So simple as 1-2-3
Understanding is what we need
You don't really know me
You just wanna do what you wanna do
That's not the way it should be, no
You should listen to me, boy (you better listen to me, boy)
I tried so very hard to make you understand
But the choices you make, baby, they're all demands
Oh, oh
I tried so very hard to keep our love alive
But you don't wanna meet me halfway
Then the understanding dies
There's no way that we can work it out
If we don't pull together
I don't mean to be demanding, but I want some understanding
I wanna be with you
Ooh, ooh
What I need from you is understanding
(Mmm, hmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
How can we communicate (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
If you don't hear what I say? (Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
What I need from you is understanding (mmm, hmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
So simple as 1-2-3 (yeah, oh)
Understanding is what we need
I listen to you, baby
And I know the things you're going through
I try to understand
That's why I'm still with you, baby (I'm still with you)
See, every day we're living
There's one thing we'll always be unsure
That's why I need you, baby, pleading, baby
Please let our love endure
Oh, oh, oh
I tried so very hard to keep our love alive
But you don't wanna meet me halfway
Then the understanding dies
And there's no way that we can work it out
If we don't pull together
I don't mean to be demanding, but I want some understanding
I wanna be with you
What I need from you (all I need, yeah) is understanding
(Is understanding)
How can we communicate if you don't hear what I say?
(If you don't hear what I say)
What I need from you (all I need from you, baby) is understanding
So simple as 1-2-3 (can't you see? 1-2-3)
(Mmm, mmm, mmm) understanding is what we need
All I need, all I need
All I need is understanding
How if you don't hear what I say?
Eee, eee, eee, eee
Can't you see, eh, eh, baby?
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I tried so very hard to keep our love alive
(Yes I do, oh, oh, oh, oh)
But you don't wanna meet me halfway
Then the understanding dies
There's no way that we can work it out (no way)
If we don't pull together
I don't mean to be demanding, but I want some understanding
(Oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
I wanna be with you (oh)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Eh, eh, eh, eh)
What I need from you is understanding (understanding)
How can we communicate (now how can we communicate?)
If you don't hear what I say? (Please hear what I say)
What I need from you (yeah) is understanding
(Come on, baby, come on)
So simple as 1-2-3 (it's so simple as 1-2-3)
Understanding is what we need
What I need from you (all I need from you, oh, oh) is understanding
How can we communicate (how can we communicate?)
If you don't hear what I say? (Oh, oh)
What I need from you is understanding (understanding)
So simple as 1-2-3 (ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah)
Understanding is what we need
