Holy Trinity High School Class of `73

1969-1973

"Song of the Day"

March 18, 2025

"Had I Known You Better Then" is a song written by John Oates and
recorded by Hall & Oates as the second song on side 1 of their 1973
album, Abandoned Luncheonette. Daryl Hall was particularly satisfied
with the first side of the album, calling it the "magic" side
with every note "just right".

Abandoned Luncheonette, released in November 1973, is the second album
by the American pop rock duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The LP combines
folk, Philly soul, and acoustic soul. The most commercially successful
of their Atlantic Records period, the album featured one of their first
major hits, "She's Gone", which found success after a 1976 reissue. The
regional successes the album achieved along with the success of a reissued
"She's Gone" were enough to push the album onto the Billboard 200 chart,
reaching #33 on November 20, 1976, and staying on the chart for 38 weeks.

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Had I Known You Better Then - Hall & Oates (1973)

Were you ever so in love
you couldn't wait to get to sleep and dream
About the one you wish was there beside you
In the past few days I've grown,
love your giggles on the phone
And how we hug so nicely

And from the first time that I saw you
Had I known you better then
I would've said those three old words
And from the first time I saw you
Had I known you better then

Now I'm gonna move away,
another town another crazy day
Ooh I want to stay and maybe hang around you
Call it luck
Call it fate
Call it a shame that we have met so late
And loved so lightly

And from the first time that I saw you
Had I known you better then
I would've said those three old words
And from the first time that I saw you
Had I known you better then
Had I known you better then

Were you ever so in love
You couldn't wait to get to sleep and dream
About the one you wish was right there beside you

From the first time that I saw you
Had I known you better then
I would've said those three old words
And from the first time that I saw you
Had I known you better then
Had I known you better then

Had I known you, had I known you better
Had I known you, had I known you better
Had I known, had I known you better then
Had I known, had I known you better
Had I known, had I known you better
Had I known, had I known you better
Had I known, had I known you better


Songwriters: John Oates

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