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B E B E
Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip
Verse 1:
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I heard it in the night, words that thoughtless speak
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Like vultures swooping down below on the devil's radio
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I hear it through the day, airwaves getting filled
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With gossip broadcast to and fro on the devil's radio
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Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah
Verse 2:
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He's in the clubs and bars and never turns it down
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Talking about what he don't know on the devil's radio
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He's in your TV set, won't give it a rest
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That soul betraying so and so, the devil's radio
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Gossip, gossip, gossip, gossip
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Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah
(Gossip, oh yeah, oh yeah, gossip)
Bridge:
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It's white and black like industrial waste
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Pollution of the highest degree
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You wonder why I don't hang out much
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I wonder how you can't see
Verse 3:
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He's in the films and songs and on all your magazines
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It's everywhere that you may go, the devil's radio
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Oh yeah, gossip, gossip, oh yeah
Bridge:
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Runs thick and fast, no one really sees
E
Quite what bad it can do
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As it shapes you into something cold
B
Like an Eskimo igloo
Verse 4:
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It's all across our lives like a weed it's spread
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Until nothing else has space to grow, the devil's radio
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Can creep up in the dark, make us hide behind shades
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And buzzing like a dynamo, the devil's radio
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Gossip, oh yeah, gossip, oh yeah, gossip
Gossip, gossip, gossip, oh yeah, gossip
Outro:
I heard you on Satan's wireless, gossip, oh yeah
You know the devil's radio, child, gossip
Gossip, gossip, gossip
Written by George Harrison