I'd better rest my eyes
'Cause I'm growing weary of
This point you've been trying to make

So rather than imply
Why don't you just verbalize
All the things that you're trying to say


Thought this would turn out so well
But I'm beginning to see

That instead it's trouble
Into a pattern we fell
Of prolonging the inevitable


[Chorus:]
Why don't you

Come right out and say it?
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth

Than something insincere
Why don't you
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)?

What it is you're thinking
Though I'm thinking it's not what I wanna hear


I better check my pride
Because I was starting to think
I was on to something good

But things started to slide
And I sit here in retrospect
And understanding that I misunderstood

Thought I could make up your mind
And then this decision locks up
So tight it couldn't be touched

Thought you were being so kind
But keeping your mouth sealed shut
Rather than just opening it up


[Chorus]


And I tried
To guess what goes on in your head
'Cause in your mind

I just might find
All those things you left unsaid
And I'll try to maybe not regret anything

Later on after I'm gone
You'll wish that you
Had listened to me (listened to me)


Why don't you
Come right out and say it

Even if the words are gonna hurt
We're better off this way
Why don't you

Come right out and say come right out and say
What I know you're thinking anyway
Why don't you

Come right out and say it
Even if the words are probably gonna hurt
I'd rather have the truth than something insincere

Why don't you
Come right out and say it (come right out and say it)
What it is you're thinking

And just what it is you're thinking