the rumor in the street, baby, girl
is that you´re leavin´ me
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me

baby, all your girlfriends say
that you´re leavin´ me
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me

everybody´s talkin´ and the word is on the street
that you´re playin´ games and sayin´ things like you´re leavin´ me [mmm]
i don´t know just what to do after all the things that we´ve been through
it should have come to you, and thought that you won´t play just like a fool [mmm, hmm]

your so-called girlfriends would never lie on you [no, no]
so everything they say, girl, it must be true
you got my lying here, oh, baby, by myself
the rumor in the street, you´re with somebody else

the rumor in the street, baby, girl
is that you´re leavin´ me (the rumor in the street is that you´re leavin´ me)
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me (after all i done for you, my, my, my, baby)

baby, all your girlfriends say
that you´re leavin´ me (all your girlfriends said that you´re leavin´ me)
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me (oh, yeah¡­yeah)

now you got another lover tryin´ to take my place
you can try to hide it all you want, it´s written [mmm] on your face [mmm]
now i´m sad and lonely ¡®cause i thought i was your only
but you run behind my back, now tell me how you gonna act

you had those proper things and, baby, diamond rings
anything for you, oh, girl, i wouldn´t do [uh-huh]
now i´m lying here, oh, baby, by myself
the rumor in the street, you´re with somebody else

the rumor in the street, baby, girl
is that you´re leavin´ me (the rumor in the street is that you´re leavin´ me)
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me (after all i done for you, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh)

baby, all your girlfriends say
that you´re leavin´ me (all your girlfriends said that you´re leavin´ me)
after all i´ve done for you (oh, baby)
how could you leave me (oh¡­oh¡­oh¡­yeah¡­)

mmm
[yeah, yeah]
yeah, yeah, oh¡­

the rumor in the street, baby, girl
is that you´re leavin´ me (the rumor in the street is that you´re leavin´ me)
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me (how could you leave me, oh, yeah¡­)

baby, all your girlfriends say
that you´re leavin´ me (all your girlfriends said that you´re leavin´ me, oh, yes, they are)
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me (how could you leave me, girl, oh¡­oh¡­oh¡­oh¡­)

the rumor in the street, baby, girl
is that you´re leavin´ me (the rumor in the street is that you´re leavin´ me)
after all i´ve done for you
how could you leave me