Talk Back Trembling Lips
Johnny Tillotson

-peak Billboard position #7 in 1963-64
-previously a # 1 country hit for Ernest Ashworth in 1963
-Words and Music by John D. Loudermilk


Every day our love's a battle royal,
It seems that fighting is all we do,
But if I let you know how much I love,
You'll do things to me you shouldn't do.

CHORUS:
So talk back trembling lips,
Shaky legs, don't just stand there,
Don't let her know she's getting through.
Talk back trembling lips,
Burning eyes, don't start crying,
Heart, don't let her know that you're breaking in two.

Every time you up and hurt my feelings,
I pretend it couldn't matter less,
I'm just hiding all my emotions,
Behind my broken heart I guess.

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