Read the Lips
WORDS & MUSIC : Reggie and Kim Harris
VERSE:
Did anybody hear what the man just said ?
was anyone listening at all?
am I the only brainiac whose phone went dead
when the word storm started to fall
he's been trying to get us movin' to that hip-hop jive
got a smile stuck into your arm
and he looks like a million on "Live at Five"
with his Brooks Brothers suit and his charm!
But it always comes down to the same situation
(who ya gonna trust when it really gets sticky?)
did he say what he means...
or does he mean what he says at all?
CHORUS:
(Don't you know you gotta)
Read the lips...watch the hips
read all about it in the New York Times
ya better believe ya don't know nothin' 'til ya
Read between the lines!!
(You know ya gotta) Read the lips...watch the clips
Read all about it ...then make up your mind
You better believe it don't take a genius to
Read between the lines!!
Verse:
The politics of life have gotten so damn simple
as any good manager knows
it's just a wink...wink...smile/ kiss the baby on the
dimple...and leave before your ignorance shows.
now it's "Sound Byte City" with a flag in the middle
promises on demand!!
and if you lose control or say something REALLY stupid
we'll spin it till it fits the plan!!
Still it always comes down to the same situation
(who ya gonna trust when it really gets tricky)
did she say what she means
or does she mean what she says at all?
CHORUS:
(People I'm tellin' you to)
Read the lips...watch the hips
read all about it in Newsweek or Time
ya better believe ya don't know nothin' till ya
read between the lines!
(you know ya better) Read the lips ...watch the clips
read all about it then make up your mind
it don't take a genius to know ya got trouble when ya
Read between the lines!!
Bridge:
Nobody knows the trouble I see !!
It's all relative (or is it just a movie)
here in the cradle of the free
(but the free don't always get out and vote!)
ain't that a shame? (Uh-HUH!!)
CHORUS:
(Don't you know you gotta)
Read the lips...watch the hips
Read all about it.... Read all about it
(believe ...believe)...their only tellin' you a part of it
and that ain't the bottom line!!
(You know ya gotta) Read the lips...watch the clips
(Check out NPR...when ya got the time)
ya better believe you don't know nothin' till ya
read between the lines!
you know you gotta) Read the lips...watch the hips
Read all about it.... Read all about it
(Mother Jones) their only tellin' you a part of it
and that ain't the bottom line!!
(You know ya gotta) Read the lips...watch the clips
(Check out NPR...when ya got the time)
ya better believe you don't know nothin' till ya
read between the lines!
(drop in names of various papers, magazines and shows)
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