Oh, I heard, yes, I heard Though it wasn't told to me,
I only heard Oh, I heard, yes, I heard Though it wasn't buzzed to me,
I only heard Now he said that she said That she didn't know where she
Got it But he said that she said That the Law was gonna stop it Oh,
I heard, yes,
I heard Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard Oh, I heard (
Whatd'ya hear, boy?) Yes, I heard (
Gonna tell me somethin') Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard (
Was it keyhole business?) Oh, I heard, yes,
I heard Though it wasn't buzzed to me, I only heard (
Now, whatd'ya hear now?
) Now he said that she said That she didn't know where she got it
But he said that she said That the
Law was gonna stop it Oh, I heard (
I understand), yes, I heard (
Yeah) Though it wasn't told to me, I only heard Now, boy,
You ain't heard nothin' I overheard the same
Conversation last night And it wasn't told to me, I only heard (
Whatd'you hear, boy?) Well,
You don't have to tell nobody Simply 'cause I
Overheard this And it wasn't told to me, I only heard (
Tell us what you heard) Now he said that she said That she didn't
Know where to buy it And if it ever got out again,
Boy There'd be a terrible riot Oh, I heard, yes,
I heard And it wasn't told to me, I only heard Oh, we heard, yes,
We heard Though it wasn't told to us, we only heard Oh, we heard, yes,
We heard Though it wasn't buzzed to us,
We only heard Now he said that she said That she didn't know where
She got it But he said that she said That the Law was gonna stop it
Oh, we heard, yes, we heard Though it wasn't told to us,
We only heard Wat-dee-no-wah,
Wat-dee-no-wah Wat-dee-no-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah Now, what you heard,
Boy Wat-dee-no-wah, wat-dee-no-wah Wat-dee-no-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah