About The Song
“A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action” is a song written by Keith Hinton and Jimmy Alan Stewart. Originally recorded by American country music singer Hank Williams Jr. on his 1992 album Maverick, the song was also recorded by Toby Keith one year later on his self-titled debut album. Keith’s version was released in November 1993 as that album’s third single. Also, it reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and peaked at number 25 on the Canadian RPM charts.
The music video for this song features Keith performing this song in concert, at a bar, with a band. It was directed by Michael Merriman. The video was shot at a bar called Chastain’s in Oklahoma City Oklahoma and features the original members of Toby Keith’s Easy Money Band.
“A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action” debuted at number 66 on the country chart dated November 13, 1993. It charted for twenty weeks on that chart, and peaked at number 2 on the country chart dated February 19, 1994, behind John Michael Montgomery’s “I Swear”.
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Lyrics
Well, I was getting kinda tired of her endless chatter
Nothing I could say ever seemed to matter
So I took a little drive just to clear my head
I saw a flashing neon up ahead
It looked like a place to find some satisfaction
With a little less talk and a lot more action
I paid the man at the door and pushed my way to the bar
Shouted for a drink over a screaming guitar
A drunk on a stool tried to mess with my head
But I didn’t even listen to a word he said
I knew somewhere amid all this distraction
Was a little less talk and a lot more action
A little less talk if you please
A lot more loving is what I need
Let’s get on down to the main attraction
With a little less talk and a lot more action
Well, she was fighting them off at a corner table
She had a long-neck bottle, she was peeling the label
The look on her face, it was perfectly clear
She said, “Somebody, please get me out of here”
The look she shot me through the glass refraction
Said a little less talk and a lot more action
A little less talk, if you please
A lot more loving is what I need
Let’s get on down to the main attraction
With a little less talk and a lot more action
A little less talk
A lot more action
Let’s get on down to the main attraction
With a little less talk and a lot more action
Get on down to the main attraction
With a little less talk
And a lot more action