Hearsay (Live At Wattstax / 1972)

Ever since we've been together

You've been buggin' me about

Another woman

Yes you have

I'm gettin' sick and tired

Of bein' accused

I'm gonna make it through, honey

Yes I am

But when I come home from work

I can hardly

Close my eyes

You keep buggin' me and naggin' me about

Some hearsay and jive

Ohhh, yeah yeah...

You've never seen me do nothin' wrong

When I get my check

I bring it home

And you still runnin' me with that

He said, she said, you did it

All this gossip going around in this neighborhood

Oh yeah!

Neighbors talkin' about neighbors

And that's no good

No it ain't, baby

And you tellin' me about what Shirley said

Honey, that ain't true

But did Shirley tell you

What she was really tryin' to do?

I know she didn't, baby

She was tryin' to get me

To go to the Holiday Inn

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

And you're still runnin' to me

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

You know you keep tellin' 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 tellin' 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' about 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

Look here, lemme tell ya somethin'

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

Hey, I guess I'm tellin' ya, I don't want it

I don't want it. It's okay, just here, look, look...

You never seen me do nothin' wrong

When I get my check

I bring it home

And you still runnin' to me with that

He said, she said, you did it

That's a lie, baby!

I can't take no more, no!

They're tryin' to break up our happy home

You know, honey, I would do you no wrong

That hearsay jive, ain't nothin' but talk

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

That hearsay jive don broke up a lot of homes

Oh, that hearsay jive will make you do things wrong...