Our Lips Are Sealed

Album: Beauty And The Beat (1981)
Charted: 47 20
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  • Can you hear them?
    They talk about us
    Telling lies
    Well, that's no surprise

    Can you see them?
    See right through them
    They have no shield
    No secrets to reveal

    It doesn't matter what they say
    In the jealous games people play
    Our lips are sealed

    There's a weapon
    That we must use
    In our defense
    Silence reveals

    When you look at them
    Look right through them
    That's when they'll disappear
    That's when we'll be feared

    It doesn't matter what they say
    In the jealous games people play
    Our lips are sealed

    Pay no mind to what they say
    It doesn't matter anyway
    Our lips are sealed

    Hush, my darling
    Don't you cry
    Quiet, angel
    Forget their lies

    Can you hear them?
    They talk about us
    Telling lies
    Well, that's no surprise

    Can you see them?
    See right through them
    They have no shield
    No secrets to reveal

    It doesn't matter what they say
    In the jealous games people play
    Our lips are sealed

    Pay no mind to what they say
    It doesn't matter anyway
    Our lips are sealed
    Our lips are sealed
    Our lips are sealed Writer/s: Jane Wiedlin, Terry Hall
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Nick from OhioThis is a masterpiece pop song. It’s really the pinnacle of their work. The bass line is so simple but extremely catchy. The lyrics are simple but perfect. This song will be remembered for decades to come.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn January 23rd 1982, the Go-Go's performed "Our Lips Are Sealed" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Exactly five months earlier on August 23rd, 1981 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on December 6th, 1981 it peaked at #20 (for 2 weeks)and spent a half-year on the Top 100 (30 weeks)...
    It reached #2 in Australia and #4 in Canada.
  • Anne from Sanilac County, MiI didn't know the story behind the song as a kid, so I found it odd seeing the video for Fun Boy Three's version of this song a couple of years later. It seemed like a strange choice for a cover version relatively soon afterward.

    It was only after hearing the story, sanitized to the point of not naming names, from Jane that I immediately realized who she was talking about, and that Fun Boy Three's version wasn't really a cover, but the co-writer's own take on it.

    Anyway, I've always loved the song, and the double-meaning of the title lyric, their lips are sealed because they aren't talking about their relationship, and also because they're sealed together in a kiss, always struck me as a very clever bit of wordplay.
  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnPop bliss - my fave Go-Go song.
  • Tanya from La Verne, CaGreat song, especially Jane's solo.
  • Hugh from Kansas City, MoI always thought this song was about their abstinence from sex....
  • Jonothan from Adelaide, AustraliaFun song. It's impossible to sing this song without looking happy - Hilary and Haylie Duff almost succeed!
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