Linda Ronstadt - Girls Talk

From her 1980 album "Mad Love".

Written by Elvis Costello.

Lyrics:

There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
Thought I heard you mention my name can't you talk any louder
Don't come any closer
Don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't come any clearer
Oh I just wanna hear girls talk

Got a loaded imagination being fired by girls talk
It's a more or less situation inspired by girls talk
But I can't say the words you want to hear
I suppose you're gonna have to play it by ear right here and now

Girls talk
And they wanna know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed girls talk
If they say that it's so don't they think that I know by now
That the word up on everyone's lips stick that you're dedicated
You may not be an old fashioned girl but you're gonna get dated
Was it really murder were you just pretending
Lately I have heard you are the living end

Girls talk
And they wanna know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
if they say that it's so don't they think that I know by now

But I can't say the words you want to hear
I suppose you're gonna have to play it by ear right here
There are some things you can't cover up with lipstick and powder
Thought I heard you mention my name can't you talk any louder
Don't come any closer
Don't come any nearer
My vision of you can't come any clearer
Girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
And they say it's not allowed girls talk
And they think they know how girls talk
Girls talk, girls talk

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• linda
• ronstadt
• girls
• talk
• mad
• love
• 1980

[christoJihad2]

@centuryrox You should put the lyrics in the info section. They're excellent lyrics.

[centuryrox]

@christoJihad2 The lyrics are in the info section. Just click on the "Show more" tab.

[brewcity59]

Can anybody find the studio version of the album's title track (Mad Love)???

[centuryrox]

@brewcity59 I just uploaded the studio version for ya. You can watch at the link below:

watch?v=ifS7Lsz8mh0

[almostavgjoe]

Here's the deal: Linda, then Dave, then Elvis. LR will always be a superior vocalist, however the other versions tend to be punchier, which I like. But why argue, these are all great versions, done by accomplished, rather brilliant musicians... they're so close it boils down to personal preference.

[LBjim]

I love "new-wave" Linda back in the day...

[ukesruletheydo]

@LowBid86 A bit TOO homogenized, and "whitebread" for my tastes.

[robininspain29]

Love it, Elvis Costello song done in Dave Edmunds style with a female voice as lovely as Lindas - great result and a nice refreshing change. Don't go comparing this with Dave or Elvis versions though, just accept it as another great cover. I do rather like those 'Everly Brothers' guitar licks in Dave's version though and think they were a stroke of musical genius that made the song 'belong' to Dave.

[rrvfr800rr]

Nice, but Dave Edmunds 'owns' this tune.

[robininspain29]

What I particularly like about Dave Edmunds version is the tribute in two of the guitar licks to an Everly Brothers record - listen to the chords in 'Problems' by the Everly Brothers.

[CaptainJohn252525]

@centuryrox I actually didn't know that, and I consider myself rather enlightened. I feel sooo Homer Simpson right now... Doh~!

[horowizard]

Based on the Dave Edmunds version more or less

[JDourg]

Linda Ronstadt is one of the greatest when it comes to interpreting others' songs.  This is a fine version. She does Neil Young well, too.

[LowBid86]

Great tune, nicely homogenized...

[BlackMonk66]

@wpollock1 I don't have this album, so I don't know what's on it, but Alison was on Living In The USA.

[LanceHelmut]

Elvis wrote this as a give away and naturally his version is the most avant garde performance. Dave Edmunds KILLS this song. Linda does better with Party Girl than this reading of Big E. material