Hearsay

Ever since we've been together

You've been bugging me about

Another woman, yes, you have

I'm getting sick and tired of being accused

I'm gonna make it through, honey

Yes, I am

When I come home from work

I can hardly close my eye

You keep bugging me and nagging me

About some hearsay jive

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah

You've never seen me do nothing wrong

When I get my check, I bring it home

And you still run into me with that

He-said, she-said, you did it

All this gossip going around

In this neighborhood, oh yeah

Neighbors talking about neighbors

And that's no good, no, it ain't, baby

And you telling me about what Shirley said

Honey, that ain't true

But did Shirley tell you what she was really trying to do?

I know she didn't, baby

She was trying to get me to go to the Holiday Inn

And she's supposed to be your so-called friend

And you're still running to me

With that he-said, she-said, you did it

You know you keep telling me about how tired you are

Well, I'm the one that's tired of that hearsay jive, baby

Every time I walk out of my door, I'm staring Shirley right in the face

And she's telling me about some woman you were with the night before

Look here, I don't care nothin' about what Shirley said, you know

Hey, and I don't worry 'bout what the preacher said

It wasn't nothin' 'bout honor, and, and you know faith and things

You gonna have faith in me, you know, I'm your man

But Shirley's my best friend, honey

Look here, lemme tell you something

I don't want her coming over to my house no more

I don't want her coming over

Hey, aw, hey, I guess, okay, I'm telling ya, I don't want it

I don't want it, well, look here

I'll never tell you this, hey, look, look

You've never seen me do nothing wrong

When I get my check, I bring it home

And you still run into me with that

He-said, she-said, you did it

That's a lie, baby, I can't take no more, no, oh no

They're trying to break up our happy home

You know, honey, I would do you no wrong

That hearsay jive ain't nothing but talk

They're trying to get me pack my bags and walk

That hearsay jive done broke up a lot of homes

Oh, that hearsay jive will make you do things wrong

Oh, that hearsay jive, oh, that hearsay jive