E. Costello



There are some things you can't cover

up with lipstick and powder

Thought I heard you mention my name,

can't you talk any louder

Don't come any closer

Don't come any nearer

My vision of you can't come any clearer

Oh I just wanna hear girls talk



Got a loaded imagination being fired by girls' talk

It's a more or less situation inspired by girls' talk

But I can't say the words you want to hear

I suppose you're gonna have to play it

by ear right here and now



Girls talk, and they wanna know how

Girls talk, and they say it's not allowed

Girls talk, if they say that it's so

Don't they think that I know by now



That the word up on everyone's lips

stick that you're dedicated

You may not be an old-fashioned girl

but you're gonna get dated

Was it really murder, were you just pretending

Lately I have heard you are the living end



Girls talk, and they wanna know how

Girls talk, and they say it's not allowed

Girls talk, if they say that it's so

Don't they think that I know by now



But I can't say the words you want to hear

I suppose you're gonna have to play it by ear

I hear there are somethings you can't cover up

with lipstick and powder

Thought I heard you mention my name

can't you talk any louder

Don't come any closer

Don't come any nearer

My vision of you can't come any clearer



Girls talk, and they wanna know how

Girls talk, and they say it's not allowed

Girls talk, and they think they know how

Girls talk