Background voices calling from a distance
   See no evil, hear no evil)
   Static on the line of least resistance
   Don't say nothing at all
   Don't say nothing at all
   Don't say nothing at all
   I'm hanging on a wire, waitin' on the word
   I'm never seen, you're never heard
   The object of desire is seldom ever clear
   I reach for you but all I hear
   Are the background voices calling from a distance
   Silent Partners, listen to the hush
  
   A lover without words is easily deceived
   And rumors easily believed
   The matter of obsession is seldom ever clear
   I turn around, you disappear
   In background voices calling from a distance
   Silent Partners, listen to the hush
   Silent Partners
   You know they don't say nothing at all
  
   What about the things we never mention?
   What about the things we never say?
   Will we wind up targets of affection?
   In silence, turning silent
   The silent turn away
  
   A paramour or less, is never really sure
   Exactly what to listen for
   In secret service to the things they never say
   The Silent Partners fade away
  
   To background voices, calling from a distance
   Silent Partners, listen to the hush
   Silent Partners
   You know they don't say nothing at all