Say It Loud

There you go again

Working up the room

Everybody gets a story

Everybody gets the news

Big words Big show

Everybody needs to know

Then I walk through the doorway And suddenly—

Hello?

Don't get quiet now

You were doing so well

SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST

You had plenty to say When I wasn't standing Three damn feet

away SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST Come on,

give me your best You already told everybody—

Now tell me the rest

You've got volume in a crowd

You've got courage through a friend

You've got speeches ready-made Until we're face-to-face again Funny how the story

changes Every time I enter

frame

Don't stop on my account I

wanna hear you say my name

Where'd that fire go?

I liked you

better loud SAY

IT WITH YOUR CHEST

You had plenty to say When I wasn't standing Three damn feet

away SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST Come on,

give me your best You already told everybody—

Now tell me the rest

Oh,

don't look at them.

I'm right here.

You said this

You said that

Apparently I'm everything

So go ahead

I'm listening.

Maybe you're brave with an audience Maybe the room makes you ten

feet tall But all that noise gets awful small When nobody's between

us at all So skip the show

Forget the crowd

You wanted my attention?

You've got it now.

SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST

Don't swallow it today You found your voice before me Don't throw

it all away SAY IT WITH YOUR CHEST

Come on, give me your best If you're gonna tell the whole

damn world— TELL ME THE REST!

That's what I thought.