Why Don't You Practise What You Preach? - Original - The Boswell Sisters

You’re always tellin' me What I ought to do Tellin' me it’s wrong to look at somebody new

You’re tellin' me and I’m tellin' you

Why don’t you practice what you preach?

You’re always tellin' me To wait until you call

I wait and wait and wait

And then you don’t call at all

You’re callin' me, well I’m callin' you

Why don’t you practice what you preach?

You tell me I’m your sugar pie…

Yeah!

You swear you’ll never tell a lie

Yeah!

You even say you hope to die

Well how come you say it with your fingers crossed.

You’re always askin' me To name that certain day

Then you change the subject

And you think it’s OK

You’re askin' me, well I’m askin' you

Why don’t you practice what you preach?

(bridge)

I’ve had a lot of time to do some thinkin'

Stayin' home alone every night…

And now I’m takin' time to view some talkin'

Separatin' wrong from right!

Now, you’re always tellin' me What I ought to do Tellin' me it’s wrong to look at somebody new

You’re tellin' me, well I’m tellin' you

Why don’t you practice what you preach?

Always tellin' me to wait until you call

I wait and wait and wait

And you don’t call at all…

You’re callin' me, well I’m callin' you

Why, why don’t you practice what you preach?

You tell me I’m your sugar pie

You swear you’ll never tell a lie

You even say that you hope to die

How come you say it with your fingers crossed?

You’re always askin' me To name that certain day

Then you change the subject

And you think it’s OK

You’re tellin' me, I’m tellin' you

Why don’t you practice what you preach?

Why don’t you tell me Why don’t you practise what you preach?

Why don’t you tell me Why don’t you practise what you preach?

Why don’t you practise what you preach?!