oh, give me some advice

give me some words through the telephone wire
because they said chivalry's dead
yeah it died right on the table
pulled up its own chair, yeah, and it was able
to come to its own decisions
in its own good time
and don't you think it's time for action
well yeah i do
but i sit right there on the telephone wire
waiting to connect
someone's on the line
i heard through the grape vine

go ahead
the message got changed
as it passed around
so i made a pretty face
for all the people to say
but it got lost in translation
and it just made for frustration
oh and we can't have that can we
no (that's right)
that's right (no)


but if we make enough time before we die
maybe we'll be blissfully confused while we live
and that's much better (yeah that's much better)
so i'll get some special books
and learn ever-e-day
to learn how to speak better
in a dead language
with my live tongue
and walking contradictions between highway traffic
and i can't see nothing wrong with that
so i must not be looking hard enough
so pull up a seat
and gimme a call
i'm always good for that
oh, give me some advice
not sure i'll listen