[Intro: Herb Fame & Francine Hurd Barker]
You know baby, when I first saw you
I knew I had to have you
That was my first mistake
'Cause you know
When I finally did have you in my arms
Truth is, I been thinking
Now how am I gonna get out of this mess
Why just last night
My ole lady was checking out her wedding dress
And talking about we don't do it like we used to
And crying, crying till we both started crying
And remembering, it's us till death do us part

And when I first saw you I said
"Now he's together"
I closed my eyes to the truth
And dived in head first
But all came down on me hard
When I saw my baby's eyes asking
Mama where you going
And me lying and saying
To my girlfriends
Well that's the baby who needs my loving
And that's who's gonna get it
[Verse 1: Herb Fame & Francine Hurd Barker]
You got kids and so do I
We'd both hate if we made them cry
This foolish game is bound to hurt the ones we love
And that's who I'm thinking of

It was destined from the start
When we met we knew we'd have to part
It's no fun to be the guilty one like this
We've got to give it up

[Chorus: Herb Fame, Francine Hurd Barker & Both]
Because three's a crowd, four's a traffic jam
I'm backing up 'cause I'm happy where I am, yeah
Three's a crowd, four's a traffic jam
I hit the breaks to save a little lamb, oh

[Verse 2: Herb Fame & Francine Hurd Barker]
Crossin' town, watered down
So much confusion in that big old lie
Our story ends without kissing fair de well
And a promise not to tell

[Chorus: Herb Fame, Francine Hurd Barker & Both]
Because, three's a crowd, four's a traffic jam
I'm backing up cause I'm happy where I am, yeah
Three's a crowd, four's a traffic jam
I hit the breaks to save a little lamb
Four's a traffic jam, glad you understand
Now baby, darling
Four's a traffic jam, glad you understand

Three's a crowd (Ba ba baby)
Four's a traffic jam (I'm glad you understand my sweet baby)
Three's a crowd (I'll never forget)
Four's a traffic jam (The very day we met)
Three's a crowd
Four's a traffic jam (When I, three's a crowd, finally had you in my arms)
It felt so right but I knew it was wrong (My darling, darling, darling)
Three's a crowd (I'm gonna miss ya)
Four's a traffic jam
Three's a crowd (Just keep on walking, four's a traffic jam)