It's All Over

There you are, Effie

I've been looking all over

I turn my back and find myself out on the line

You could have warned me but that would have been too kind

I've been warning you since Chicago to clean up your act

You been late

You been mean

Givin' all kinds of bullshit, flak

That's a lie, that's a lie

It's just I haven't been feelin' that well

Effie, please!

Stop excusing yourself

You been late

You been mean

And gettin' fatter all the time

Now you're lyin'!

You're lyin'!

I've never been so thin

You're lyin'

You're lyin'

'Cause you're knocking off that piece who thinks she's better than everybody

She ain't better than anybody

She ain't nothin' but common

Now who you callin' common?

You self-indulgent, self-absorbed non-professional!

You!

I'm callin' you

I'm callin' you that common piece he's knockin' off

Now you listen to me, Miss Blame-It-On-The-World

See I put up with you for much too long

I have put up with your bitchin'

I've put up with your naggin'

And all your screamin' too

Oh, now when are you two gonna stop all this fighting?

Stay out of this, Lorrell. It's between Deena and me.

Yeah?

Well, it's between me, too!

I'm as much a part of this group as anybody else

And I'm tired

Effie, I'm tired

Of all the problems you're makin' us

I always knew you two were together

What?!

I always knew you two were gangin' up on me!

Hey, now watch your tone, don't blame it on Lorrell

That's alright, Jimmy, I can handle her!

Now she had nothin' to do with this change

It was you

You always thinking of you

All you can do is rant and rave

You think a star is a king

Wake up, baby

A star is a slave

Wake up, baby

A star is a slave

I knew you were trouble from the start

You were real bad trouble from the start

Well, you're gettin' out now

I'm not buildin' this group

To have you tear it apart

Go ahead; rant, scream, and shout

Don't worry, baby

I'll buy you out

There's no money dirty enough to buy me out!

Oh

Lay off, Effie

Now take the money and run

You in this with them, C.C.?

Cool it, Effie

This time you know what you've done

So they bought your black ass, too, huh?

I said cool it, Effie

This time you've gone too far

Well, I can go further

I can go further

I don't want to stay around this

I've seen enough fights in this business

This is between all of you

Now this is none of my affair

Yeah, well, it's between you, too, now, sister

This snow job is as much your sin

Look at me!

Look at me!

How much did you put out to get in?

Now you watch your mouth, watch your mouth, Miss Effie White

'Cause I don't take that talk from no second-rate diva who can't sustain

I'm not feeling well

I got pain

Effie, we all got pain

For seven years I sung with you

I was your sister

You were our trouble

And now you're tellin' me it's all over

And now we're tellin' you it's all over

And now I'm tellin' you I ain't goin'

It's all over

I ain't goin'

It's all over