I Got The Message

Lyric: Richard O. Kraemer
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1976
Original publisher: Four Jays Music Co., Inc.

Chorus:

I got the message when you didn't write,
I got the answer when you didn't call;
Your stony silence really told it all;
I got the message, all right.
The whole thing hit me like a ton of bricks,
You pulled some beauties in your bag of tricks,
You said a mouthful with your lips sealed tight;
I got the message, all right.
No need to spell it or put it in words,
Your kind o' treatment is just for the birds;
Your brand of silence was worse than a fight,
You wrote a volume when you didn't write.
The lame excuses and the phony stall,
Your fancy stories were a bit too tall;
You thought you fooled me, but I saw the light,
I got the message, I got the message,
I got the message, all right.