You Had Not Understood

A tender acoustic folk song for the parent who thought their child was choosing not to try, and then realised the child had not understood. The parent was trying to use too many words and the child was unable to process.

Aderet Therapy Weekly is a weekly paediatric physiotherapy podcast for parents of babies and young children, made by Aderet Therapy in Campbelltown, in the Macarthur region of NSW. Each episode mixes short talk segments with original songs written for the week's topic. This is a song from the episode "Why Is a Speech Therapist in the Physio Room?".

This has been created with the help of AI.

Links

• Aderet Therapy
• Listen to the full episode (Aderet Therapy Weekly, 31 August 2026)

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Lyrics

Verse

For all those times I thought that you

were choosing not to try,

and I was wrong, you had not heard,

and could not tell me why

Chorus

I gave you far too many words

and none of them were good,

you were not being stubborn, love,

you had not under stood

Verse

I said it, and I drew it too,

and waited on the stair,

and then one day you under stood,

and up you went from there

Chorus

I gave you far too many words

and none of them were good,

you were not being stubborn, love,

you had not under stood

Verse

And now I hear you on the stair

say what I used to say,

the words are yours, you took them up

and carried them away

Chorus

I gave you far too many words

and none of them were good,

you were not being stubborn, love,

you had not under stood

Disclaimer

This song and this video are general information. Every child is unique, and nothing here is medical advice or a substitute for a conversation with your GP, your child and family health nurse, or your physiotherapist. The episode this song comes from says what can and cannot be supported by evidence; the song does not make clinical claims.

About Aderet Therapy

Paediatric physiotherapy for newborns to 18 years: gross motor development, assistive technology, communication physiotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, key worker early intervention, school holiday programs, and the free Little Movers League community sessions. NDIS, Medicare and private health.

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