she don gossup

she call me on da telaphone
wid all bad news from yestaday
always calls me on da telaphone
wid all da bad news from yestaday
wish she call me jus one time
when she got somethin good ta say

she talk about da dead folks
she talks about da livin too
tell me bout all da dumb thangs
what day say an do
say she don neva gossup
but she ain neva thugh

don’t neva reach a period
her sentence don’t neva end
lawd, she don’t neva reach no period
her sentence don neva end
she don even hafta breathe
befo she wind up an starts up agin

if I eva hears dat same ol story
anotha time bout da price a tea
lawd, if I eva hears dat same ol story
one mo time bout da price a tea
thank I a have a conniption fit
cause dat a be da death a me

i know evey thang bout da preacha
know evey thang bout da choir too
know evey thang bout da busses
fu da trip dey hire an what dey gonna do
guess I got ta believe her cause she say
she ain no liar an what she say is true

when she call me on da telephone
now i hates to hear it rang
when she calls me on dat telephone
lawd knows i hates to hear it rang
a hundud time she done tole me
evey dull an borin thang

she talk about da dead folks
she talks about da livin too
tell me bout all da dumb thangs
what day say an do
say she don neva gossip
but she ain neva thugh

she rang me up on da telaphone
wid all bad news from yestaday an tuday
neva fail ta rang me up on dat telaphone
wid all da bad news from yestaday an tuday
wish she rang my phone jus one time
when she got somethin really good ta say