Don't Talk Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

Don't talk, I will listen 

Don't talk, you keep your distance 

I'd rather hear some truth tonight 

Than entertain your lies 

So take you poison silently 

Let me be, let me close my eyes 

Don't talk, I'll believe it 

Don't talk, listen to me instead 

I know that if you think of it 

Both long enough and hard 

The drink you drown your troubles in 

Is the trouble you're in now 

Talk, talk, talk about it 

If you talk as if you care 

But when your talk is over 

Tilt that bottle in the air 

Tossing back 

More than your share 

Don't talk, I can guess it 

Don't talk, well, now you're restless 

And you need somewhere to put the blame 

For how you feel inside 

You'll look for a close and easy mark 

And you'll see me as fair game 

Talk, talk, talk about it 

You talk as if you care 

But when your talk is over 

Tilt that bottle in the air 

Tossing back 

More than your share 

You talk, talk, talk about it 

You talk as if you care 

I'm marking every word 

And can tell this time for sure 

Your talk is the finest 

I have heard 

So don't talk, I'm sleeping 

Don't talk, let me go on dreaming 

How your eyes they glow so fiercely 

I can tell that you're inspired 

By the name that you just chose for me 

Now what was it? Oh, never mind it 

We will talk, talk, talk about this 

When your head is clear 

I'll discuss this in the morning 

But until that you may talk but I won't hear