Voices Carry is the first studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1985.

'Til Tuesday's debut single was the album's title track, which went to #8 on the Billboard singles chart and remains the band's best-known song. The title song was originally sung by a woman to a woman, but due to record company pressure for less controversial lyrics it was changed to be sung to a man.^[3] The "Voices Carry" video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and was played heavily on MTV. It depicts a boyfriend trying to convert Aimee Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics ("He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...") as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair.

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Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960)^[1] is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and bassist.^[2]

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Voices Carry

I'm in the dark, I'd like to read his mind
but I'm frightened of the things I might find
Oh, there must be something he's thinking of
to tear him away
when I tell him that I'm falling in love
why does he say
hush hush
keep it down now
voices carry
I try so hard not to get upset
because I know all the trouble I'll get
oh, he tells me tears are something to hide
and something to fear
and I try so hard to keep it inside
so no one can hear
hush hush
keep it down now
voices carry
He wants me
but only part of the time
He wants me
if he can keep me in line
hush hush
keep it down now
voices carry
hush hush, darling, she might overhear
oh, no-voices carry
he said shut up he said shut up
oh God can't you keep it down
voices carry
I wish he would let me talk.

--song  lyrics written by Aimee Mann, music composed by 'Til Tuesday

Differences

Regional differences.

Class differences.

Cultural dissonance.

Gender dissonance.

Sometimes the one you think

you should be with is all wrong.

You like the bad boy or the rich boy

or the drug dealer or the cop

or the pimp or the brain.

You've preconceived notions of the one

you want to give your heart & soul & body

& mind to, have children with, live & die with.

All wrong.

But sometimes not.

Sometimes you get exactly what you deserve.

Sometimes you back into failure & success.

Love comes unexpectedly. Like disaster. 

Is everything coming on by chance?

Or is there a magical mystical mysterious

hidden invisible hand directing things?

A creator or creatrix acting as the prime mover?

Shut up now.

A little bird will carry the word

to nowhere where life & love are

recycled into the big mix.

--GP aka JSW