DON’T SAY IT OUT LOUD

I don’t want to say it out loud
Don’t want to say it out loud, out loud
I don’t want to say it out loud, out loud
Don’t say it out loud
Don’t want to say it out loud, no

I don’t want to say it out loud
But there’s something that’s missing here
The pure and simple happiness of being here
I don’t want to cry in your beer
But there’s something you need to hear
It’s been gone so long, the happy song is a stranger here

Perception’s reality, they say
Well, that’s too bad ‘cause
There’s a sweetness in longing for what has been lost in your heart
There’s a sweetness that lingers despite the costs of a new start

I don’t want to say it out loud
But there’s little clear thinking here
Just a lot of hot air and a lot of despair
It’s a cluster here

I don’t want to make you all my mad
‘Cause you’re already crazy here
A target’s not the thing to be with all the guns you have here

I don’t want to say that you’re wrong
When it’s not what you want to hear
So as I go my way and you go yours here’s a souvenir
Though I’ve seen what you do
When there’s something brand new and you give into fear
I’ll pretend this time it’s not a crime to be different here

Perception’s reality, they say
Well, that’s okay ‘cause
There’s a sweetness in longing for what has been lost in your heart
There’s a sweetness that lingers despite the costs of a new start

Don’t say it out loud
Don’t say it, don’t say it
Don’t say it out loud, no baby
Don’t say it out loud, no baby
Don’t say it out loud, no honey
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
Don’t say it out loud
Don’t say it out loud
Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t
Don’t say it out loud, no honey
Don’t say it out loud

A Song Can Tell A Story

When words leave off, music begins.

DON’T SAY IT OUT LOUD