You're always tellin' me What I ought to do Tellin' me it's wrong to look at somebody new You're tellin' me and I'm tellin' you Why don't you practice what you preach You're always tellin' me To wait until you call I wait and wait and wait And then you don't call at all You're callin' me, well I'm callin' you Why don't you practice what you preach You tell me I'm your sugar pie You swear you'll never tell a lie You even say you hope to die Well how come you say it with your fingers crossed You're always askin' me To name that certain day Then you change the subject And you think it's OK You're askin' me, well I'm askin' you Why don't you practice what you preach I've had a lot of time to do some thinkin' Stayin' home alone every night And now I'm takin' time to view some talkin' Separatin' wrong from right Now, you're always tellin' me What I ought to do Tellin' me it's wrong to look at somebody new You're tellin' me, well I'm tellin' you Why don't you practice what you preach Always tellin' me to wait until you call I wait and wait and wait And you don't call at all You're callin' me, well I'm callin' you Why, why don't you practice what you preach You tell me I'm your sugar pie You swear you'll never tell a lie You even say that you hope to die How come you say it with your fingers crossed You're always askin' me To name that certain day Then you change the subject And you think it's OK You're tellin' me, I'm tellin' you Why don't you practice what you preach Why don't you tell me Why don't you practise what you preach Why don't you tell me Why don't you practise what you preach Why don't you practise what you preach