Lowest Of The Low

The Gossip Talkin' Blues

Lowest Of The Low


She's the reigning queen of "how ya been?" 
She's got the gossip talkin' blues 
She'll photocopy her friends' lives and pass one on to you 
And how do you think that I found out that Henry needs new shoes? 
But I'm convinced that she could find something better to do 

I don't know what I was thinking or what was on my mind 
I must've been preoccupied, or wiping my behind 
And she never ceases to blow me away with the secrets that she finds 
But I'm convinced that she could do something better with her time 
I don't give a damn 

Well, he's the reigning king of "the latest thing" 
And he'll document your life 
To everybody and their mother and even the neighbour's wife 
And when the story gets back to you it's fiction with a knife 
And the subjects' names have not been changed to protect the subjects' life 

Well I don't know what he was thinking or what was on his mind 
Obviously not a lot or he'd have taken more time 
And now I'll have to kill him in some way that ain't sublime 
Yeah, one less gossip in the world, sure that'd suit me fine 

Damn you, damn you, damn you all to hell 
Dead men never tell 

Well you can't believe what they tell you when you're young 
And you can't believe what they tell you when you're old 
And you can't believe what they say about you when you're gone 
Not much of a conversation left to hold 

But Sunday morning in the church they'll catch up on the news 
There's a murmur in the flock, but there's a reason they're called pews 
'Cause something smells kinda' fishy with the local holy plan 
And I can only thank the Lord that I don't give a damn