Background voices calling from a distance   Static on the line of least resistance   Don't say nothing at all   Don't say nothing at all   Don't say nothing at all      I'm hanging on a wire, waitin' on the word   I'm never seen, you're never heard   The object of desire is seldom ever clear   I reach for you but all I hear      Are the background voices calling from a distance   Silent partners, listen to the hush      A lover without words is easily deceived   And rumors easily believed   The matter of obsession is seldom ever clear   I turn around, you disappear      In background voices calling from a distance   Silent partners, listen to the hush   Silent partners, you know they don't say nothing at all      What about the things we never mention?   What about the things we never say?   Will we wind up targets of affection?   Turning silent, the silent turn away      A paramour or less, is never really sure   Exactly what to listen for   In secret service to the things they never say   The silent partners fade away      To background voices, calling from a distance   Silent partners, listen to the hush   Silent partners, you know they don't say nothing at all