I Don’t Want To Hear It
(Randy Newman)
Tid-Bettes: Bette sang this song at one of her farewell performances at The Continental Baths and also recorded the song for her second album in 1973, but it was not released.
In the neighborhood
We don’t live so good
The rooms are small
And the buildings made of wood
I hear the neighbors talking ’bout you and me
I guess I heard it all
’cause the talk is loud
And the walls are much too thin
He don’t really love her
That’s what I heard him say
He sure wasn’t thinking of her today
I saw him standing in the front yard
Said the boy in room 149
Talking to a girl I’ve never seen before
Oh, standing there together
Oh they looked so good
I don’t want to hear it anymore
I don’t want to hear it anymore
Because the talk just never ends
And the heartache soon begins
The talk is so loud
And the walls are much too thin
Don’t want to hear it, no
Don’t talk about it
Don’t want to hear it, no
Don’t talk about it
Ain’t it sad, said the woman down the hall
That when, when a nice girl falls in love
Ain’t it just too bad that she had to go and fall
For a no good boy who does not care for her at all
I don’t want to hear it anymore
No, no, no, no
I just can’t, I just can’t stand to hear it anymore
That’s right
’cause the talk just never ends
And the heartaches soon begin
The talk is so loud
And the walls are much too thin
Don’t want to hear it, no
Don’t talk about it
Don’t want to hear it, no
Don’t talk about it
Oooooooo