..You Know Im No Good..
Amy Winehouse Lyrics


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Meet you downstairs in the bar and heard
Your rolled up sleeves and your skull t-shirt
You say, "Why did you do it with him today?"
And sniff me out like I was Tanqueray

'Cause you're my fella, my guy
Hand me your Stella and fly
By the time I'm out the door
You tear me down like Roger Moore

I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya I was troubled
You know that I'm no good

Upstairs in bed with my ex-boy
He's in the place, but I can't get joy
Thinking of you in the final throes
This is when my buzzer goes

Run out to meet your chips and pitter
You say when we're married 'cause you're not bitter
There'll be none of him no more
I cried for you on the kitchen floor

I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya I was troubled
You know that I'm no good

Sweet reunion, Jamaica and Spain
We're like how we were again
I'm in the tub, you're on the seat
Lick your lips as I soak my feet

Then you notice little carpet burn
My stomach drops, and my guts churn
You shrug, and it's the worst
To truly stuck the knife in first

I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told ya I was troubled
You know that I'm no good
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would




I told ya I was troubled
Yeah, ya know that I'm no good

Overall Meaning

In the opening verse of You Know I'm No Good, Amy Winehouse is meeting a guy downstairs in a bar, and she's already surprised by his appearance - love the rolled up sleeves and skull t-shirt. She wonders why he's upset and why he's interrogating her - "Why did you do it with him today?" She feels like he's sniffing her out as if she was a bottle of Tanqueray gin. Despite her wrongdoing, she knows that he's her guy and hands him her Stella to fly. She's anticipating he'll tear her down, but she welcomes it. The chorus follows where Amy admits cheating on her lover and explains that she knew she was going to do it. She considers herself troubled, and she's no good. In the second verse, Amy is in bed with her ex-boyfriend, and she's pondering over her lover in the final throes. She's called down by the buzz on her intercom like a wake-up call from reality. When she meets her guy, he's in a chip shop, and they discuss their future married life. She assures him that there'll be no trace of her ex in the future. She's overwhelmed by the guilt and cries on the kitchen floor. In the final verse, the couple is on holiday in Jamaica and Spain, and they're happy and in love. However, something changes when he notices some carpet burns on her body, and he realizes that she's been unfaithful to him. He shrugs it off, but for Amy, it's like being stabbed with a knife.


Line by Line Meaning

Meet you downstairs in the bar and heard
I am going to meet you at the bar downstairs where I saw you last time.


Your rolled up sleeves and your skull t-shirt
You are wearing a t-shirt that has a skull printed on it, and your sleeves are folded up.


You say, "Why did you do it with him today?"
You are asking me why I spent time with him earlier today.


And sniff me out like I was Tanqueray
You are trying to detect the scent of alcohol on me, as if I were a bottle of Tanqueray gin.


'Cause you're my fella, my guy
You are my boyfriend, my dude.


Hand me your Stella and fly
Give me your Stella Artois beer and let's go party.


By the time I'm out the door
By the time I get out of here, leave this place.


You tear me down like Roger Moore
You criticize me harshly, like how Roger Moore played James Bond with precision.


I cheated myself
I betrayed myself.


Like I knew I would
Just like I expected.


I told ya I was troubled
I already told you that I am struggling with my issues and I can't help it.


You know that I'm no good
You know that I am not a good person, despite your love for me.


Upstairs in bed with my ex-boy
I am in bed with my ex-boyfriend on the upper floor of the house.


He's in the place, but I can't get joy
My ex is physically here, but I don't feel happy being with him anymore.


Thinking of you in the final throes
I am imagining being with you during the climax of our relationship.


This is when my buzzer goes
This is when the doorbell rings and interrupts my thoughts.


Run out to meet your chips and pitter
I hurry down to meet you and your food order that just arrived.


You say when we're married 'cause you're not bitter
You mention marriage as a future possibility because you are not resentful or angry about my ex-boyfriend.


There'll be none of him no more
There will not be any presence of him in our lives anymore.


I cried for you on the kitchen floor
I wept for you on the kitchen floor, perhaps after a fight or an emotional episode.


Sweet reunion, Jamaica and Spain
We are having a pleasant reunion in a location that reminds us of Jamaica and Spain.


We're like how we were again
We are resembling how we used to be when things were good between us.


I'm in the tub, you're on the seat
I am soaking in the bathtub and you are sitting beside it.


Lick your lips as I soak my feet
You are licking your lips as you watch me massage my feet in the water.


Then you notice little carpet burn
You observe a small injury or redness on my skin caused by a carpet.


My stomach drops, and my guts churn
I feel a sudden unpleasant sensation in my stomach and my gut is moving.


You shrug, and it's the worst
You casually dismiss the injury, and it makes me feel terrible.


To truly stuck the knife in first
To really put the blade in me, to hurt me deeply.


I cheated myself
I betrayed my own happiness and well-being.


Like I knew I would
As if it were a predetermined outcome, I knew I would regret my actions.


I told ya I was troubled
I communicated to you that I have problems, but perhaps it wasn't enough or you didn't understand.


Yeah, ya know that I'm no good
You acknowledge that I am a flawed and troubled individual that you cannot change.




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: AMY WINEHOUSE

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@theharshtruthoutthere

@@cooljoe1420 We all are heartbreakers, all of our thoughts are evil and all our good deeds are filthy rags.

Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Mark 7:21 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Romans 1:21 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.


We all were:
Psalms 51:5 - Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Our Life Is Like Unto A Race
1 Corinthians Chapter 9
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.

Why are rich and famous depressed?
lets list the reasons;
they`re trans, faking life 100% daily
their master is lucifer, the father of lies.
they have no looks, needs to fake these,
they have no talent, needs to fake these.
they are famous only a moment.
they are rich only for moment.
To have the moment on stage, wicked and sick ritual must be performed.
They are masons in masonry.
Nothing`s real, only illusions.
They have it harder , to give their soul over to CHRIST and return back HEAVEN (Luke 18:25 KJV and Mark 10:25 KJV)

true Christians are born again = new creatures in CHRIST, able to no longer sin and able to understand GOD perfectly.
We are to make a conscious choosing between GOD = CHRIST and mammon = lucifer.
Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

we since birth live in the devils kingdom, this earth here, it shall be created anew, but not yet, still is the church time = still time for souls to get saved and be raptured up. until we come to repentance and born again, we remain living according to the devil.
devils expectations to us are:
lie/deceive kill destroy remain wicked sinner who praise death daily.
because devil is the father of lies:
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

GOD `s expectations to us:
come to repentance
come out from BABYLON
born again
live holy
do the will of your heavenly father.
Matthew 9:13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
1 Peter 1:16 - Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.



@maya-sm2pn

Lyrics: (like please)

Meet you downstairs in the bar and hurt
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull t-shirt
You say what did you do with him today?
And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray

Because you're my fellow, my guy
Hand me your Stella and fly
By the time I'm out the door
You tear men down like Roger Moore

I cheated myself
Like I knew, I would
I told you, I was trouble
You know that I'm no good

Upstairs in bed with my ex-boy
He's in a place but I can't get joy
Thinking on you in the final throes
This is when my buzzer goes

Run out to meet you, chips and pita
You said when we married
Because you're not bitter
There'll be none of him no more
I cried for you on the kitchen floor

I cheated myself
Iike I knew, I would
I told you, I was trouble
You know that I'm no good

Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain
Were like how we were again
I'm in the tub, you on the seat
Lick your lips as I soap my feet

Then you notice little carpet burn
My stomach drops and my guts churns
You shrug and it's the worst
Who truly stuck the knife in first?

I cheated myself
Like I knew, I would
I told you, I was trouble
You know that I'm no good
(bis)



@PrinceBlake

I wrote a similar sounding song called Sailing in 1991/92 while in Japan and gave it away to a British yacht club the same year. In honor of Amy, I perform her song using the following lyrics for a male lead vocal. The *3rd verse (marked with an asterisk) contains the lyrics to 'Sailing'.

I'll meet you downstairs at the bar at Hurt
Me, in my rolled-up sleeves and my skull t-shirt
You say "what did you do with him today?"
Did I snuff him out like he was Tanqueray?

Cause I'm your fellow your guy
Hand me your stella and fly
And by the time he flees to floor three
I tear him down like I'm Sean Connery.

You cheated yourself
Like I knew you would
You told that you was trouble
You know that you're no good

Upstairs in bed with my ex Stace,
I'm her toy but I feel out of place
Thinking of you in the final throws
Well this is when her buzzer goes

Run out to meet you, chips and pita
You say 'when we're married..' 'cause you're not bitter
There will be none of Stace no more
As you cry for me on the kitchen floor

I cheated my myself like you knew i would
You told me that you was trouble
You know that I'm no good.

*We left our homes in Hamamatsu
Took to the sky and the sea so blue
Counting on the wind to set us right
We pulled the anchor and sailed into the night

Then I notice little carpet burn
My stomach drops, my guts churn
You shrug, and it's the worst
Who truly stuck the knife in first?

You cheated yourself like I knew that you would
You told me that you was trouble
You know that you're no good.



@themoonisbeautifulisntit7691

LYRICS:
Meet you downstairs in the bar and hurt
Your rolled up sleeves in your skull T-shirt
You say "what did you do it with him today?"
And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray
'Cause you're my fella, my guy
Hand me your Stella and fly
By the time I'm out the door
You tear me down like Roger Moore
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told you I was trouble
You know that I'm no good
Upstairs in bed with my ex-boy
He's in a place, but I can't get joy
Thinking on you in the final throes
This is when my buzzer goes
Run out to meet your chips and pita
You say when "we're married"
'Cause you're not bitter
"There'll be none of him no more"
I cried for you on the kitchen floor
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told you I was trouble
You know that I'm no good
Sweet reunion, Jamaica and Spain
We're like how we were again
I'm in the tub, you on the seat
Lick your lips as I soak my feet
Then you notice little carpet burn
My stomach drop and my guts churn
You shrug and it's the worst
Who truly stuck the knife in first
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told you I was trouble
You know that I'm no good
I cheated myself
Like I knew I would
I told you I was troubled
Yeah, you know that I'm no good



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@Bolymolylol

If you Listen to this song in 2024 you are a legend.

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Ye!

@yukiyu6241

In December and onward. Thanks, same to you!

@ET-ip6nw

Its sad to see how she ruinned her life with her own hands

@rdesousa8955

thank me later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8XBNbPVGoE

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Thanks bud

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@redcrossknight11

Her music, her voice, her charisma, her hotness.
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