The Jooles - Talking Means Trouble
Written by:Alexander Dommisch/Katalin Kleemann
Called me up on a Sunday morning
Maybe not the best base
Asked me about the news
Of the past five years
Like it was five days
The appropriate answer
Didn't come up to my mind no
I was mumbling
What's the point
And I think it wasn't nice
That's when I found out you should
Never speak your mind
Cause it's hardly ever kind
You should smile and keep still
That's a great skill
Talking means trouble
Put on your sunny face
That's how it works
And it pays
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
A shut mouth doesn't catch no flies yeah
Turning round in the changing room
Drafting alternative lives
So hopeful
With the help of an ugly unshaped
Something like a wipe
I was feeling sorry
But her boyfriend acted wise
Told her it looked perfect
And that it really matched her eyes
She doesn't know that he would
Never speak his mind
Cause it's hardly ever kind
He would smile and keep still
That's a great skill
Talking means trouble
Put on your sunny face
That's how it works
And it pays
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
A shut mouth doesn't catch no flies yeah
That's what I say
Nothing better than a white lie
Hey that's okay
Though I can not live up to it
Everybody sing with me
It is much better if you
Never speak your mind
Cause it's hardly ever kind
You should smile and keep still
That's a great skill
Talking means trouble
Put on your sunny face
That's how it works
And it pays
Who needs honesty