A Few Words - Gregory Isaacs

Wait a minute What did you say? Did I hear you say There's no real reason left for you to stay? Under your breath I hear your soft voice break "Can we still be friends?" I hear you talking But you're just not making sense I'd been hoping for a happy ending Now I know that there won't be any Just a few words too many In my head A few words too many In this bed A few words too many Left unsaid Oh I wish that we were strangers We could start again Start again All over A broken shadow falls across your face As you hesitate Trying to think of all the things you need to say Bare faced the truth lies at my feet As you turn away Sometimes silence has a way of making peace I'd been hoping for a happy ending Now I know that there won't be any Just a few words too many In my head A few words too many In this bed A few words too many Left unsaid Oh I wish that we were strangers We could start again Start again All over again Staring at the ceiling Wondering just what your feeling Was it me? Or was it you? What's the difference if I knew? Maybe I wouldn't feel so empty If I hadn't heard a few words too many In my head A few words too many In this bed A few words too many Left unsaid Oh I wish that we were strangers We could start again Start again Start all over again We could start again We could start again Round and round and round and round in my head Wait a minute What did you say? Did I hear you say...?

If you ask me how my day was, I'd say, "Fine" Or what kinda beer I like to drink, I'd say, "Any kind" Good old boys like me, we don't say much Yeah, I'm more the strong and silent type Yeah, but she comes up And then I'm like She's city-pretty, but she grew up in the country She likes to dance, but only when she drinks Her eyes give the sky a run for its money And make a Tar Heel wanna pull for Tennessee She's back roads, she's main street, reminds me of home She's knockout, she's locked down, I could go on and on Talking your ear off, but if I'm not talking 'bout her Mmm, I'm a man of few words I'm a pick it up, what you want, phone call, four minutes tops Standing 'round a truck bed, crack a beer, take a sip and nod Unless you're talking 'bout the girl I love Then you can't shut me up I'm like She's city-pretty, but she grew up in the country She likes to dance, but only when she drinks Her eyes give the sky a run for its money And make a Tar Heel wanna pull for Tennessee She's back roads, she's main street, reminds me of home She's knockout, she's locked down, I could go on and on Talking your ear off, but if we're not talking 'bout her Yeah, I'm a man of few words Yeah, I'm a man of few words Well, good old boys like me, we don't say much (don't say much) I'm more the strong and silent type Yeah, but she comes up She's city-pretty, but she grew up in the country She likes to dance, but only when she drinks Her eyes give the sky a run for its money Make a Tar Heel wanna pull for Tennessee She's back roads, she's main street, reminds me of home She's knockout, she's locked down, I could go on and on Talking your ear off, but if we're not talking 'bout her I'm a man of few words Yeah, I'm a man of few words Oh, yeah

I'd like to say a few words In defense of our country Whose people aren't bad nor are they mean Now the leaders we have While they're the worst that we've had Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen Let's turn history's pages, shall we? Take the Caesars for example Why within the first few of them They were sleeping with their sister Stashing little boys in swimming pools And burning down the City And one of 'em, one of 'em Appointed his own horse Consul of the Empire That's like vice president or something That's not a very good example, is it? But wait, here's one, the Spanish Inquisition They put people in a terrible position I don't even like to think about it Well, sometimes I like to think about it Just a few words in defense of our country Whose time at the top Could be coming to an end Now we don't want their love And respect at this point is pretty much out of the question But in times like these We sure could use a friend Hitler. Stalin. Men who need no introduction King Leopold of Belgium. That's right. Everyone thinks he's so great Well he owned The Congo He tore it up too He took the diamonds, he took the gold He took the silver Know what he left them with? Malaria A President once said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Now it seems like we're supposed to be afraid It's patriotic in fact and color coded And what are we supposed to be afraid of? Why, of being afraid That's what terror means, doesn't it? That's what it used to mean You know it pisses me off a little That this Supreme Court is gonna outlive me A couple of young Italian fellas and a brother on the Court now too But I defy you, anywhere in the world To find me two Italians as tight-ass as the two Italians we got And as for the brother Well, Pluto's not a planet anymore either The end of an empire is messy at best And this empire is ending Like all the rest Like the Spanish Armada adrift on the sea We're adrift in the land of the brave And the home of the free Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.

What a lala... According to the fills The Philistines surround my hills Got to make a run They're behind me with a gun But there's one thing I've got to say For what I don't know now, know now, know now That's why I've got to go According to the fills My feet are my only wheels Still I've got to live Although I'm the fugitive Yes there's one thing I've got to say For what I don't know now, know now, know now That's why I've got to go Yes I've got to go According to the fills The Philistines surround my hills (Lord) I've got to make a run for it They're behind me with a gun Got to let you know, For what I don't know now, know now, know now That's why I've got to go Let them know 'Bout to, 'bout to leave