We all lived in a small town

In a tumble-down shed

Mumma, she was a good-good woman

Worked so hard

Worked her fingers to the bones

Bring us kids up on her own

She said - you'll see it, you'll hear it

Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil



Papa, he was a good-good man

And he worked so hard

He said, you see it and you hear it

Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil

Baby don't speak no evil, that's what he said

Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil

Baby don't speak no evil, that's what he said



Baby don't speak no evil



So they put us through schoo-ool

And kept us clothed and fed

We went swimmin' in summer

Rememberin' what mama said

Then we moved into town

Saw those people messin' around

She said - you see it and you hear it

Baby don't speak no evil, my baby don't speak no evil

Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said

Baby don't, baby don't you see it, baby don't you hear it

Baby don't you see it, don't you hear it



Baby don't speak, baby don't speak

Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil

That's what she said, what she said

Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil

Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said

Baby don't speak, no baby don't speak

Baby don't speak no evil (no e-e-evil)

Baby don't speak no evil, no evil



Baby don't speak no evil, baby don't speak no evil

Baby don't speak no evil, that's what she said

(No e-e-evil), baby don't speak no evil

No, baby don't speak no evil, no evil

Baby, don't speak no evil, that's what she said [fade]