You know what Norman?   What’s that Johnny?   I don’t like to home no more   Oh man don’t do that   I don’t like to go home   That don’t sound good   I got a naggin’ woman at home   You jivin’ me?   I ain’t playin’   Oh man   Man every time I go out   Man [eh?] I sick and tired goin’ to so and so   So and so tell me this, yeah   So and so tell me that, ah ah   Shirley said this, yeah!   Yeah I know Shirley said this, uh huh uh huh uh!   I’m getting’ sick and tired of all that `hearsay   I don’t want doin’      Baby since we been together   You been ridin’ me about another woman   Yes you have, yes you have   I get 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 eyes   You keep askin’ me and naggin’ me about some Hearsay jive   Oh yeah, yeah, yeah   You never see me do nothin’ wrong   When I get my check I bring it home   And you still run in to me with that   He said, she said, you did      All coz nothin’s goin’ right in this neighbourhood, oh yeah   Neighbours talkin’ bout neighbours, that’s no good   No it ain’t baby   Now you tell me ‘bout what Shirley said very true?   But did Shirley tell you what she was really tryin’ to do?   No she didn’t baby      No, no, she was tryin’ to get me to go to the heart of it   And she’s supposed to be a so called friend   And you still runnin’ with that   He said, she said, you did      You know you keep tellin’ me ‘bout what is hot, alright?   Don’t you be no fool up here boy? – knock her down   Don’t worry he ain’t gonna no more than I let him do   You know like I say   I’m the one that’s tired of that hearsay jive   Every time I walk outta my door,   I’m starin’ Shirley right in the face   And she’s tellin’ me about some woman you were with the night before!      Knock her down, knock her down, knock her down!      Wait a minute, no, no!   I couldn’t say this on the record   I say, I couldn’t say this on the record, happy with it   But I’m gonna say it right now, no, no   Is it alright if I say it now?   Is it alright if I say it now?   Yes its alright baby   Look here, I don’t give a damn about what Shirley said now   Tellin’ everybody now, gonna straighten you out      Girl, now you know, there ain’t no way in the world   That you can let him get away with that   You know it’s too sides to everything   I don’t go for that girl      Wait a minute! I sidin’ for one side and that’s the man’s side   Am I right fellas? Am I right fellas?      Girls are you out there? Yeah!   Fellas are you with me? Yeah!   Girls I can’t even hear you, yeah!   Alright, alright   Now its time for me to tell my side of the story   You see it’s one other thing he forgot to tell people on that record too    Don’t go crazy? He ain’t go no where outside with this   He’s got your stuff up he, he ain’t go nowhere, the man can hear   Hey you be cool hear? You be cool, you be cool, you be cool!   And since he’s tries, if he’s so smart I’m gonna tell everything now   You believe and make it all hang out alright   Ya see, I don’t doubt that Shirley was trying to take my man to the Holiday Inn   Didn’t I tell you to be cool?      The master on the radio starts a mess in here      What was Shirley was trying   We were already in the Howard Junction   No, No, don’t say that, don’t say that   Wait a minute, hey buddy you know me better, wait a minute    I know y’all gonna say, I thought that cat don’t get mad and knock that dude down!   But you know why he ain’t gonna do that?   Cos I got something I been holdin’ for three months      Get on down!      And I’m gonna tell it now   See if you can’t get mad if you snitch on yourself   And I’m gonna switch on myself now baby      You got it baby!      Now while they was at the Howard Junction   I had her sister at the shafter      Well I be damned!      You never see me do nothing wrong   When I cashed my check when I came home   And you still runnin’ to me with that   He said, she said, you did x 10   Let’s hear it for The Soul Children!   Beautiful, Yeah   Let’s hear it one more time for The Soul Children!, The Soul Children!   Come back, come back   They're singing beautiful Ladies and Gentlemen   Let’s hear it one more time for The Soul Children!, The Soul Children!