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Tell Her About It Lyrics
Listen boy
Don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
You know I don't like watching
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made
She's a real nice girl
And she's always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do
Listen boy
I'm sure that you think you got it all
Under control
You don't want somebody telling you
The way to stay in someone's soul
You're a big boy now
You'll never let her go
But that's just the kind of thing
She ought to know
Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
That you're for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Listen boy
It's not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself
You've got to provide communication constantly
When you love someone
You're always insecure
And there's only one good way
To reassure
Tell her about it
Let her know how much you care
When she can't be with you
Tell her you wish you were there
Tell her about it
Every day before you leave
Pay her some attention
Give her something to believe
Cause now and then
She'll get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken
For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she's gone
Listen boy
It's good information from a man
Who's made mistakes
Just a word or two that she gets from you
Could be the difference that it makes
She's a trusting soul
She's put her trust in you
But a girl like that won't tell you
What you should do
Tell her about it
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason
To accept that you're for real
Tell her about it
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Tell her about it
Tell her how you feel right now
Tell her about it
The girl don't want to wait too long
You got to tell her about it
Tell her now and you won't go wrong
You got to tell her about it
Before it gets too late
You got to tell her about it
You know the girl don't want
To wait--you got to
Tell her about it
Don't want to see you let a good thing
Slip away
Anybody make the same mistakes
I made
And she's always there for you
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do
I'm sure that you think you got it all
Under control
The way to stay in someone's soul
You'll never let her go
But that's just the kind of thing
She ought to know
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason to accept
That you're for real
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
It's not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself
You've got to provide communication constantly
You're always insecure
And there's only one good way
To reassure
Let her know how much you care
When she can't be with you
Tell her you wish you were there
Every day before you leave
Pay her some attention
Give her something to believe
She'll get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken
For so long
Though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when she's gone
It's good information from a man
Who's made mistakes
Could be the difference that it makes
She's put her trust in you
But a girl like that won't tell you
What you should do
Tell her everything you feel
Give her every reason
To accept that you're for real
Tell her all your crazy dreams
Let her know you need her
Let her know how much she means
Tell her how you feel right now
Tell her about it
The girl don't want to wait too long
You got to tell her about it
Tell her now and you won't go wrong
You got to tell her about it
Before it gets too late
You got to tell her about it
You know the girl don't want
To wait--you got to
Tell her about it
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This song makes it seem so easy, when in reality it can be the hardest thing in the world to take his advice. It's a good morale booster though.
"when you love someone, you're always insecure." right on.
every guy should listen to this song. sooooo true.
Man, what a long story, but he couldn't have been more true!
Man, what a long story, but he couldn't have been more true!
GUYS - would you please heed Bill Joel's advice and just TALK to your girlfriends/wives? That's all women really want. Seriously!
Wow, normstore. Way to not get this song at all. I don't think it's literally saying tell her everything evar!!! I think it's more telling the listener to not be afraid to open up about how you feel for your lady.
And Pixeleen, I don't think he's saying apologize even if you didn't do anything. It's saying that you should talk to her if she seems upset and find out what's wrong. You'll be more likely to fix things, and less likely to be viewed by her, as someone who doesn't care to know what's wrong.
You don't have to literally talk about everything. You just have to be willing to be open emotionally, which is something that I don't think some guys feel okay doing.
this song proves that Billy Joel is a true bro.
Good advice for men - and for women, too. Everyone feels insecure. Talk to your partner.
couldnt have sed it better that is so true......and the only way is to definetley have her reaussure they love her...its always the worse trying to hope she still does..and its the bets feeling wen she just says i love you or i miss you
The clip to this song is really amazing with billy "performing" on the ed sullivan show, and reaching people through the camera. It really complements the song. Nice cameo by Rodney Dangerfield too, May he rest in piece.
One of my best guy friends had a crush on one my my best girl friends, all the advice I gave him came from this song. And about the music video, does anyone know what it says at the bottom of the screen at the end, when it shows some Russian guy dancing to the song?