Shackin' Up - Barbara Mason

Baby, they’re at it again

I can’t even go outside

To hang up clothes

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

Or go to the grocery store

Unless I see some of them

Out there pointing

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

Yeah, there she is, that’s her

There’s who

I ain’t bothering nobody

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

I ain’t done nothing

I wish they’d mind their own business

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

Yeah, I know you know

But I wish they’d stop talking

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

Yeah, I guess life is funny that way

Yeah, I understand that

People are people and all

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

But I just wonder why people

(Everybody's talking 'bout me)

Don’t understand that I’m me

Mmm hmm, living together

Perfectly happy, yeah

My man and me

Mmm hmm, people call me dirty

If true love is dirty

Then throw some water on me

Guess it would be all right

If we were married

And we wasn’t in love

Like the girl who lives next door

Feel sorry for her

She got papers on her man

That she hardly ever sees

I ain’t got no papers on no man

But I got a man here with me

I’m talking about

Shackin' up, shackin' up

We’re in love with each other

If we ever want our freedom

We don’t have to pay to be free

What’s wrong with

Shackin' up, shackin' up

We’re perfectly happy

I only wish that people

Would just let us be

Yeah, mmm hmm

Why don’t they leave us alone

Guess it would be all right

If we were married

And we wasn’t in love

Like the girl who lives next door

Feel sorry for her

She got papers on her man

That she hardly ever sees

I ain’t got no papers on no man

But I got a man here with me

Shackin' up, shackin' up

We’re in love with each other

If we ever want our freedom

We don’t have to pay to be free

What’s wrong with

Shackin' up, shackin' up

It’s better than being like

My next door neighboor

She’s paying within

What’s wrong with

Shackin' up, shackin' up

It’s been good to me

I might not be married

But I’m never lonely

What’s wrong with

Shackin' up, shackin' up

We’re in love with each other

It’s getting better and better