Someone saw, someone said Slightly misconstrued All hell broke loose at midnight When I guess you got the news There's a dead bird on the sidewalk And I'm wishin' I was too And I only want to talk to you
There's tire marks on the concrete Where you spun out of the drive There's a hound dog in the corner Lookin' glad to be alive And if the phone rings on the table Well I don't know what I'll do I only want to talk to you
It's serious this time What am I supposed to say Is it a test of some kind Or a price I ought to have to pay Now it's upside down and backwards The foot's on the other shoe I only want to talk to you I only want to talk to you
The neighbor kids across the street Are pointing across the yard And the social worker next door Dropped by and left her card But I don't want to talk to nobody About what we're going through I only want to talk to you I only want to talk to you
And it's serious this time What am I supposed to do Walkin' a fine line Must've broken it clean in two Now it's upside down and backwards The foot's on the other shoe And I only want to talk to you I only want to talk to you
There's a nice young man in a clean white shirt Ringing the front door bell I'm gonna hide out in the kitchen And let that hound dog give him hell 'Cause I don't want to talk about Jesus Not even for a minute or two I only want to talk to you I only want to talk to you I only want to talk to you