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Shackin’ Up Lyrics By 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
    thank you for using
    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

    Artist: Barbara Mason

    Year: 1975

    Decade: 70s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 204