Talk Backwards
Steve Goodman
D9/F# = 200210 [Intro] / / [Verse 1] Hey everybody wherever you are They’ve got a new way of talking and it’s gonna go far You take the letters in the words turn ’em all around Say the last one first and check out the sound [Chorus] Talk Backwards [Verse 2] I know what you’re thinking it sure sounds strange You talked forward so long that it’s hard to change But it’s just like metric once you get the drift You twist your tongue and give your palate a lift [Verse 3] You take your favorite phrase read it in the mirror Practice that about a half a year And then sdrawkcab gnikiat mI em ta kool You’re a regular talking bassackwards fool [Chorus] Talk backwards / [Verse 4] Talking backwards is sweeping the nation Talking backwards is the new sensation You amaze your friends when you start to rap Don’t say pass the butter say rettub eht ssap Rettub eht ssap? Rettub eht ssap [Verse 5] And if you’re out with a girl and she’s a little bit shy Don’t say I love you; say Uoy evol I uoy evol I and I always will Now see if that doesn’t take off the chill [Chorus] Talk Backwards / [Verse 6] The other day I was walking down the street There’s this little girl I thought I’d like to meet I said excuse me Miss sserd taht teg uoy erehw zert dat tat tat diggie roy srat see milly ra eedie roy tes too dong dee bet And I said am I getting through to you yet? She said you’re a gent in the first degree And I love it when you talk backwards to me [Chorus] Talk backwards / [Verse 5] You never can tell but one of the nights Those who talk backwards will demand their rights They’ll rise up angry and get a solution In the form of an amendment to the constitution That guarantees ’em freedom of reverse elocution And then every T.V. show that airs Will have to be captioned for the forward impaired [Chorus] Talk backwards [Outro] Talk backwards Talk backwards Talk backwards /
