George Strait – You Know Me Better Than That, is a song written by Anna Lisa Graham and Tony Haselden, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in June 1991 as the second single from his album Chill of an Early Fall. It peaked at number 1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
The song is an uptempo, in which the narrator confides in the significant other who dumped him. He informs her of a sophisticated new girlfriend who idolizes him, but this only displeases him. Likewise, he is haunted by his many flaws, which the former girlfriend knows all too well, and he feels certain that the new girlfriend will eventually realize his inadequacies, and is clearly pining for his old life. It is a rare song in that it deals with the “Impostor syndrome,” the belief that one’s good fortune is undeserved and likely to disappear.
George Strait – You Know Me Better Than That
From the album Chill of an Early Fall
B-side “Baby Blue”
Released June 11, 1991
Recorded September 25, 1990
Genre Country
Length 3:01
Label MCA 54127
Songwriter(s) Anna Lisa Graham Tony Haselden
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen George Strait
COUNTRYPEDIA
George Strait – You Know Me Better Than That Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Baby, since you left me, there’s somebody new
She thinks I’m perfect, I swear
She likes my body, my class and my charm
She says I’ve got a confident air
She respects my ambition, thinks I’m talented too
But she’s in love with an image time is bound to see through
[Chorus]
Oh/But you know me better than that
You know the me that gets lazy and fat
How moody I can be, all my insecurities
You’ve seen me lose all my charm, you know I was raised on a farm
Oh, she tells her friends I’m perfect
And that I love her cat, but you know me better than that
[Verse 2]
I miss picnics and blue jeans and buckets of beer
Now it’s ballet and symphony hall
I’m into culture, clean up to my ears
It’s like wearing a shoe that’s too small
Oh I caught her with an issue of Brides magazine
Staring at dresses and picking out rings
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Oh she tells her friends I’m perfect and that I love that cat
Oh but you know me better than that
GENIUS
