She's Given Up Talking

She's given up talking
She's seen and never heard
But when she's back at school again
Like the water from a tap
Unlike other children
Don't say a word
Can't get a word in edgeways
She's seen and never heard
She's given up talking
Standing on her own
It's yap-a-yap-yap
Don't say a word
Everybody wonders
Like the water from a tap
Her brothers and her sisters

You see her in the playground
But when she's back at school again
Her brothers and her sisters
Ah but when she comes home

She's given up talking
Even in the classroom

Don't say a word
Don't say a word
Why she's all alone
Not a dickie bird
Not a dickie bird
Someone's got her scared
Words are running freely
Don't say a word
Even in the classroom
She goes into a daze
Words are running freely

She goes into a daze
She don't say a word
Someone made her angry

Don't say a word
Can't get a word in edgeways
It's yap-a-yap-yap
Don't say a word
But when she comes home

She's given up talking

Unlike other children
She's given up talking