[CHORUS] (Yakety yak, blah blah, blah blah) (Yakety yak, blah blah, blah blah) (That's all I hear all day) (Yakety yak, blah blah, blah blah) (La la la, la la la) When I come home from work With a big smile and feeling gay Suspiciously my wife says "Hey, where you been all day?" I says, "Well, I've been workin' What's a matter? Can a guy be happy Once in a time?" But when I come home tired and disgusted She says, "Sure, I see Outside you have a good time And home you come to cry to me" [Repeat CHORUS] I'm not gonna yakety yak [Repeat CHORUS] You know, some morning When I go off to work I got my old shirt, my old suit And everything She says, "[gibberish] What's a matter Why don't you change yourself And make yourself presentable What people gonna think of me That you go?" I says, "Well I'm a little bit... eh" [Sigh] But the morning when I shave And I put my new suit, you know Like, a nice little... Then she starts to get a little jealous "Hey looky man, who you gonna see today? Who you gonna meet today? Then the... yakety yak" [Repeat CHORUS] Some night if I tell her "[Yawn] you know, I'm a little tire I'm a gonna go to bed early" She says, "sure, [gibberish] That's all you do Just sleep, eat, and work work Eat and sleep" Well I says, "eh, you know, eh..." But when she wants go to bed You know, and I want to stay up Read the paper Or maybe watch a little bit of the television She, from the bedroom, you should hear the squealing "Woah! come on to bed, what's the matter! You're consuming too much of the? The bill is too high, too small! Come on, warm up my feet! Yakety yak" (Yakety yak, blah blah, blah blah) (Yakety yak, blah blah, blah blah) (That's all I hear all day) (Yakety yak, blah blah, blah blah)