She's up early in the morning dialing your phone Talking about what your man did last night Cause she wouldn't be worried about what your man did If she had her own thing uptight Now so little plan to keep you fighting your man Hoping that you'll put him down But when you throw him out, Lord, Lord knows You'll have him before his feet hit the ground You better beware of the dog that rang the phone She's only trying to break up your home You better beware of the dog that rang the phone She's only trying to break up your home She's a leader of the grapevine Always on time to spread some gossip around She'll try to use the one that she's talking to To put the next one down She'll tell you to watch me and me to watch you We'll try to steal each other's man But you can be damn sure she'll try to steal them both If ever she got a chance You better beware of the dog that rang the phone She's only trying to break up your home You better beware of the dog that rang the phone She's only trying to break up your home Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, ooh She knows she'll find a way to pick your mind Put you on a gossip train She'll use what you say to bring about hate Between you, Shelley, Eddie and James You better beware of the dog that rang the phone She's only trying to break up your home You better beware of the dog that rang the phone She's only trying to break up your home You better beware of the dog that rang the phone They'll mess up your home Beware of the dog that rang the phone They're only trying to mess up your home You better beware *