i only want to talk to you

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