How long has this been going on?   How long has this been going on?      Well, your friends and their fancy persuasion   Don't admit that it's part of a scheme   But I can't help but have my suspicions   'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem      Well, you said you was never intending   To break up our scene in this way   But there ain't any use in pretending   It could happen to us any day      How long has this been going on?   How long has this been going on?      How long and how long has this been going on?   How long and how long has this been going on?   How long, baby?      Oh, your friends and their gentle persuasion   Don't admit that it's part of a scheme   But I can't help but have my suspicions   'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem      Well, you said you was never intending   To break up our scene in this way   But there ain't any use in pretending   It could happen to us any day      Tell me, honey   How long has this been going on?   How long has this been going on?      How long and how long has this been going on   Going on, going on?   How long has this been going on?      How long has this been going on   Going on, going on, going on?   How long, honey, oh, has this been going on?      How long has this been going on   Going on, going on, going on?   How long has this been going on, going on, going on      You been treaten me mad, you been treaten me bad   And it's been going on, going on, going on   I ain't quite as dumb as I seem, I ain't quite the fool you mean   But it's been going on, going on, going on, going on