Let 'Em Talk

Down at the diner they been talkin' 'bout my drinkin' Down at the church they been talkin' 'bout my wife Down at the gas station some kid told some lady Half a story he ain't even got right

Let 'em talk, brother Let 'em talk all night The dog don't bark at the moon for nothin' But the moon don't take no flight Let 'em talk

Used to lay awake at three a.m. Wonderin' what so-and-so said about me Used to drive past the house with the porch light burnin' Wonderin' if my name was the joke they had to be

Then one day I just stopped listenin' And the world got real damn quiet Then one day I just stopped explainin' And I had time for my own goddamn riot

Let 'em talk, brother Let 'em talk all day The mouths that move don't hold no money And money's all the mouth I'll pay Let 'em talk

You know what folks said about my daddy? You know what folks said about his pa? You know what they said and you know what came of it? Three good men in unmarked graves, ha ha

I learned the lesson late but learned it good The mouth is cheap, the silence golden You don't owe an answer to a question You didn't sign up to be holden

Let 'em talk, y'all Let 'em talk 'til they choke The dog don't bark at the moon for nothin' But the moon don't return the call Let 'em talk Let 'em talk Let 'em talk

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