Honey Hush
Count Basie & Joe Turner Lyrics

Ah, let 'em roll like a big wheel
Let them continue doing what they are doing with gusto and confidence.

In a Georgia cotton field
This is a reference to the origin of the blues and why they exist.

Honey, hush
A command directed at someone to stop talking and be quiet.

Now baby, come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Asking someone to stop talking and come inside.

I say come in this house baby, stop all that yackety yack
A repeated plea for someone to come inside and stop talking.

Come fix my supper, don't want no talkin' back
An instruction for someone to prepare a meal without talking back or complaining.

Well, you keep on jabberin', you talk about this and that
Accusing someone of talking too much about things that are not relevant.

I got news for you baby, you ain't nothin' but an alley cat
Telling someone that they are unimportant and irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

Turn off the waterworks, baby, they don't move me no more
Telling someone to stop crying because it no longer has the desired effect.

When I leave this time, I ain't comin' back no more
Suggesting that this is the last straw and there will be no second chance.

I say come in this house, stop all that yackety yack
Another plea for someone to stop talking and come inside.

Come in here woman, stop all that yackety yack
Asking a woman to stop talking and come inside.

Don't make me nervous, 'cause I'm holdin' a baseball bat
A warning to not make the singer nervous, otherwise there may be trouble.

Singin' hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Singing a tune that has no clear meaning or purpose.

(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
Repeating the tune from the previous line.

Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Continuing to sing the same tune with no clear meaning or purpose.

(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
Repeating the tune from the previous line.

Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Continuing to sing the same tune with no clear meaning or purpose.

(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
Repeating the tune from the previous line.

Sing hi-yo, hi-yo silver
Continuing to sing the same tune with no clear meaning or purpose.

(Hi-yo, hi-yo silver)
Repeating the tune from the previous line.