The silent treatment The icy shoulder There's nothin' colder It never fails If, from his lies and alibi-in' You're in distress And to combat it you've been tryin' But, more or less, without success A diet of deadly quiet Can be a sure cure for all that ails Man knows it only mean disaster For he'll never be the master of The silent treatment, the weapon of a woman in love A diet of deadly quiet Can be a sure cure for all that ails Man knows it only mean disaster For he'll never be the master of The silent treatment, the weapon of a woman in love Forgive him without an explanation With kisses instead of conversation As the silent treatment, the weapon of a woman in love