Shirley (Keep It to Yourself)

Lyrics

Shirley is the local gossip queen She's a walking tabloid magazine Quite a reputation The biggest mouth that you've ever seen Shirley's on the phone most every night Talking faster than the speed of light Verbal recreation She can't keep her lips sealed tight Up and down the grapevine Talking on the party line Oh, it's her favorite pastime 1-900 conversation Read it in the headlines Trash is never hard to find You can hear a murmur in the crowd There must be a rumor going round Someone's ears are burning They've become the talk of the town If you want the latest breaking news You can bet that Shirley's got the juice She'll exaggerate it Surely Shirley's stretching the truth Running down her blacklist Looking for a friend to "dis" Well, it's a nasty business Character assassination Cuttin' people down to size Shirley's got a wicked mind Don't you know that idle talk is cheap There are things you never should repeat, repeat If it's confidential Don't abuse your freedom of speech Keep it to yourself, keep it to yourself Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... Keep it to yourself I'm tired of hearing about it Keep it to yourself You and your big mouth Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh... Keep it to yourself Shirley! Keep it to yourself Where did you get that mouth Keep it to yourself Keep it to yourself Keep it to yourself Keep it to yourself... Why don't you keep to your yourself Your mouth is so big I can count how many motors you got in your mouth! Hey, hey, yeah Shirley, now don't you know this is bad This is real bad Shut yo bad mouth! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah Shirley, if you don't watch out You gonna get paid back And I mean paid back in double duty You ever heard "what goes around comes around"? Well, this comin' around your way! Now! Watch out! Hey! Why don't you keep it to yourself Now, Shirley, I'm tellin' ya You better hang up that phone 'Cause God's gonna send a lightning bolt to ya And He's gonna bust your ears! Ha, ha, ha, ha!