You've got to learn to get to know the one you love
To anticipate her ev'ry move,
you got to know exactly what she's thinking of
She may be hungry but she won't say
You better get a burger or something in her right away
If you don't, you're gonna pay
at the hand of the one you love
(The one you love, the one you love)

Young man, you're running free, you're running wild
You fall in love, you become nothing but a little baby child
She can hurt you with the sound of her voice
You can leave her but you got no choice
You can't leave her, man, you're just a pris'ner of the one you love
(The one you love, the one you love)

True love never runs smooth, you know
Sometimes there'll be sunny days,
sometimes there'll be sleet and snow
When true love calls you, man, you gotta go
And when you gotta go, you gotta go

You got to know the one you love
You got to know the one you love
(The one you love, the one you love
The one you love, the one you love)

Once, a great man's heart was captured by a lovely chest
He told himself it was her mind he loved,
but he was blind like all the rest
Twenty hard years went by
till another chest will catch his eye
He just hung his head and cried
and said, "Sorry dear, you're too late
I've already ruined my life"

You've got to know the one you love
She may be gentle, she may be kind,
she may not know exactly what's on her mind
But you better know,
or you're gonna find you lose the one you love
(The one you love, the one you love)
The one you love
(The one you love, the one you love)
The one you love
(The one you love, the one you love)
The one you love