Talk Is Cheap - Eric Hutchinson

Talk is cheap

And I should know

I’ve given my everything

And it wasn’t close

People mean well

But still make a mess

From now on I’m listening

And saving my breath

Lately I’m losing my appetite

For all the pretty young girls and the socialites

Who just talk

And this is what we do, we just talk

Watch 'em waste breath on a magazine

Or rehash what the television shows all mean

It’s just talk

And this is what we do, we just talk

Some people don’t know how they really feel

Some people won’t talk about what is real

And I could never chitchat all day long

Some people just look for an open ear

Some people don’t care what you want to hear

And everybody’s talking while they’re stringing me along

I’ll go by what you do

'Cause talk is cheap

And I don’t want to wait for you

'Cause talk is cheap

I don’t know how you spend your time

But I’m done wasting all of mine

'Cause talk is cheap

Lately I’m tired of politics

And listening to the never-ending arguments

That just stall

And this is what we do, we just talk

Never known someone to change their mind

After a heated debate over the moral lines

We just crossed

But this is what we do, we just talk

Some people get cute and they draw the line

Some people won’t choose over left and right

And I could never stomach all that greed

Some people don’t care enough

Some people get scared enough

To get talked into something that they think they should believe

I’ll go by what you do

'Cause talk is cheap

And I don’t want to wait for you

'Cause talk is cheap

I don’t know how you spend your time

But I’m done wasting all of mine

'Cause talk is cheap

Some people, some people, some people

Think action is overdue

Some people, some people, some people

Can’t wait, we’ve got work to do

I’ll only speak of what I’ve done

'Cause talk is cheap

And if you’re listening, everyone

Bite your tongue when you’re talking to me

I’ll go by what to do

'Cause talk is cheap

And I don’t want to wait for you

'Cause talk is cheap

I don’t know how you spend your time

But I’m done wasting all of mine

'Cause talk is cheap