Everybody's Talkin'

Everybody's yakkin', everybody's yellin'
Nobody's listenin' 'cause everybody's tellin'
You what to do with the only life you've got
Well everybody's talkin', I'd rather not

Everybody's screechin', everybody's cryin'
Everybody's preachin', everybody's lyin'
God up in Heaven going out of his mind
He's praying you people will just shut up sometime

Here come the news man gather 'round the news van
There's a rumor going 'round he's got the actual facts
He's up there on the TV giving me the L.D.
Really disagree but I can't talk back

Everybody's jokin', everybody's laughin'
Everybody's chokin', everybody's gaspin'
A hot wind's blowin' and we're running out of air
Everybody's talkin' but nobody really cares

Everybody's chattin', everybody's chantin'
Everbody's ravin', everybody's rantin'
Head sets hard wired keeping my brain alive
Hooked up twenty four seven three sixty five

Everybody's jackin', everbody's jawin'
Everybody's hemmin', everybody's hawin'
The volume up to eleven the last time I heard
Well the song keeps playing but I can't hear the words

Down on the bayou eating jambalayo
Discussing architecture of the fishing shack
Me-o-my-o I'm just getting high-o
At the bottom of a barrel with a bottle of Jack

Dogs are barkin, birds are singin'
Bugs are buzzin', bells are ringin'
As I drift off to dreamland dark and deep
I woke myself up talkin' in my sleep

Thought I'd get out of reach
Headed for Miami Beach
There's a racket goin' on
I think I had a heart attack
Think I'll fly back to New York City and just relax

Written by Robert Hazard - © 2004 ASCAP