Lyrics: D. Hall, J. Oates, S. Allen

Music: D. Hall



I've gotta lotta nerve-a

Gotta Lotta do do do

You got, you got it, Gotta Lotta Nerve ah

You, you, you Gotta Lotta nerve-a

Oh no, stop bitching indiscretion

You're such an A-1 lover, since when are you perfection

Never true blue to me, so why are you getting nasty

Well, it's lucky for you that I'm gonna keep dancing

Oh, I know

Everyone you know is perfect perfect

Everything you do is perfect perfect

Everywhere you go is perfect perfect

So on so on

But you gotta lotta nerve (gotta lotta) when you talk about love

If you gotta lotta nerve (perfect nerve-a) we can talk about love

Oh, you've gotta lotta nerve-a (gotta lotta) to be talking about love

Yeah, you gotta lotta nerve (perfect nerve) 'til we talk about love

Oh yeah yeah (do do wah) yeah yeah you gotta lotta I say

Listen to you ... oh your roots will be showing

Better watch what you say and do

Or your cool you'll be blowing

We're talking 16 tons of nerve-a

We're talking 16 tons of

We're talking 16 tons of nerve-a

We're talking perfect nerve



Everyone you know is perfect perfect

Everywhere you go is perfect perfect

Everything you do is perfect perfect

So on so on

Yeah, you gotta lotta nerve (gotta lotta)

When you talk about love

If you gotta lotta nerve (perfect love)

We can talk about love

We can talk about love (talk about love)

We can talk about love (talk about love)

We should be talking about ---



Everyone you know is perfect (perfect)

Everything you do is perfect (perfect)

Everywhere you go is perfect (perfect)

So on so on

Everyone you know (perfect)

Everything you do (perfect)

Everywhere you go (perfect)

So on and so on so on

You gotta lotta nerve (gotta lotta)

To be talking about love (talk about love)

I said you gotta lotta nerve (perfect perfect)

To be talking about love

You've gotta a perfect nerve (gotta lotta)

I said you gotta lotta nerve (talk about love)

A perfect nerve-a (perfect perfect)

I said you gotta lotta nerve

Say everything you do (gotta lotta)

Oh everywhere you go (talk about love)

And everyone you know (perfect perfect)

Everywhere you go

Yeah you gotta lotta nerve (gotta lotta)

I said you gotta lot ha (talk about love)

I said you gotta lotta nerve (perfect perfect)

I said you gotta lotta, I said you gotta lotta