Tricky

Keep Your Mouth Shut

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Keep Your Mouth Shut Lyrics

Sample:
Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up,
I tell them shut the fuck up

Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up,
I tell them shut the fuck up

Björk:
All that she meant was good
All that she meant was good
Give her some time
Give her some room
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
Better keep your mouth...
I'm serious,please
Better keep your mouth closed, baby
And keep it close to your chest
I'm serious
You better keep your mouth closed, baby
And keep it close to your chest
Better keep your mouth closed, baby
Keep it close to your chest
It's best you keep....

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
Better,better

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Better keep your mouth shut, baby

Björk:
Give her some time

Tricky:
Keep it close to your chest

Björk:
Give her some space
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Better,better,better,better
Better keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to your chest
Better keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to the rest

Bjork:
Don't shout soon
They're only weakened shouts
So grow up

Tricky:
Mother,I'm hungry
Mother,I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Father, will you feed me
Mother,I'm hungry
Father will you feed me

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Now go down that road
Now go down that road

Björk:
Give her some time

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
Give her some space

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
Mother,I'm hungry
Mother,I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Mother,I'm hungry

It's best you keep....
It's best you keep your mouth shut, baby
Keep it close to your chest
Mother,Mother
Keep your mouth shut, baby

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nicole On Jan 02, 2002

Hell Is Round the Corner

Excess

Overcome

Makes Me Wanna Die

Aftermath (Hip Hop Blues)

Sample:
Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up,
I tell them shut the fuck up

Well if the honeys think I'm stuck up, 
I tell them shut the fuck up

Björk:
All that she meant was good 
All that she meant was good 
Give her some time 
Give her some room 
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
Better keep your mouth...
I'm serious,please
Better keep your mouth closed, baby 
And keep it close to your chest
I'm serious
You better keep your mouth closed, baby 
And keep it close to your chest
Better keep your mouth closed, baby 
Keep it close to your chest
It's best you keep....

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
Better,better

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Better keep your mouth shut, baby

Björk:
Give her some time

Tricky:
Keep it close to your chest

Björk:
Give her some space 
All that she meant was good

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Better,better,better,better
Better keep your mouth shut, baby
And keep it close to your chest
Better keep your mouth shut, baby 
And keep it close to the rest

Bjork:
Don't shout soon
They're only weakened shouts
So grow up

Tricky:
Mother,I'm hungry
Mother,I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Father, will you feed me
Mother,I'm hungry
Father will you feed me

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
Now go down that road
Now go down that road

Björk:
Give her some time

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
Give her some space

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road

Björk:
How you reacted was right

Tricky:
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
And I'll go down that road
Mother,I'm hungry
Mother,I'm hungry
Father, will you feed me
Mother,I'm hungry

It's best you keep.... 
It's best you keep your mouth shut, baby 
Keep it close to your chest
Mother,Mother
Keep your mouth shut, baby

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nicole

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2002-01-02 17:24:30

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by relephora

22y ago

I'm sorry, but I'm not diggin the lyrics, for one they're misleading from what they sound to be. All the words he was speaking in this song i thought was about him struggling and bjork being a female in his head talking softly about irrelevant stuff. What really bugs me about this song is that the lyrics Bjork sings aren't original, just rehash's of "You've been flirting again" lyrics from her Post album. Anyway nice intro though.

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by Orange Morendo

19y ago

He's angry and she's trying to calm him down. I guess Björk is Tricky's sensitive side in this song. He's coming to terms with what's happening and it kinda sounds like he won over Björk in the end. But I didn't know that they were snippets of "You've Been Flirting." Interesting.

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by ThomBjork225

17y ago

Tricky's parents died when he was young. I wonder if that has anything to do with the lines about asking his mother/father to feed him...?

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