| Your careless talk can buy you trouble
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| You’d better keep opinions to yourself
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| What you give out, you get back double
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| So stop your lying, it’s a waste of time
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| You know damn well that you’re out of line
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| But these rumours are not true
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| Is the message getting through
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| Your careless talk and your silly lies
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| Can be misunderstood
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| Maybe you hoped they would
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| Most of the time it’s your invention
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| You just can’t help repeating silly lies
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| I’m not convinced in your good intentions
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| I hear you telling everyone you meet
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| That I just don’t care, and I’m indiscreet
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| But these rumours are not true
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| Is the message getting through
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| Your careless talk and your silly lies
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| Can be misunderstood
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| Maybe you hoped they would
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| What you give out, you get back double
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| So stop your lying, it’s a waste of time
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| You know damn well that you’re out of line
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| But these rumours are not true
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| Is the message getting through
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| Your careless talk and your silly lies
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| Can be misunderstood
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| The stories you create
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| Make lies communicate
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| Your careless talk and your silly lies
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| Can force a heart to break
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| But these rumours are not true
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| Is the message getting through
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| Your careless talk and your silly lies
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| Can be misunderstood |