Gossip

Who started the rumor

That I have a crush on Süheyla?

I dare you to tell who saw me

Kissing Eleni

On the Winding Steps in broad daylight?

Do they say I grabbed Melahat and took her to Alemdar,

Is that what they're saying?

Well, I'll explain that later, but

Whose bottom do they claim I pinched on the stretcar?

And what's the one about the Galata brothels,

That I get loaded, the liquor goes to my head

And I rush down there?

Come off it, man.

Never mind all that,

I know what I'm doing.

And what's that story about my getting Mualla into a rowboat

And making her sing "Your grief is in my hearth