Lyrics to
Say Maybe

This version of Say Maybe was released by Neil Diamond in 1978.

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Why, make me plead
For what I need
And I need you
Why, why make me weep
Cry in my sleep, ’cause I need you

Say “maybe”
Won’t you even say “sometime”, baby
Won’t you ever say lovin’ words again
Say, baby
Don’t you know I’m a fool about you
If I tried, I could live without you
For maybe a day I

I’ve been around, finally found
That I need you
And I, I know what I got
And I got a lot
But, baby, I need you

Say “maybe”
Won’t you even say “sometime”, baby
Won’t you ever say lovin’ words again
Say, baby
Don’t you know I’m a fool about you
If I tried, I could live without you
For maybe a day

Ooh
What I’d do
Say ‘maybe” baby
“Cause I need you
Say
Can I stay
Say “maybe” yeah
‘Cause I need you

Say “maybe”
Won’t you even say “sometime”, baby
Won’t you ever say lovin’ words again
Say, baby
Don’t you know I’m a fool about you
If I tried, I could live without you
For maybe a day

Say, “maybe”
Don’t you know I’m a fool about you
If I tried, I could live without you
For maybe a day
Say, baby
Don’t you know I’m a fool about you

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About Lyrics and Say Maybe by Neil Diamond

The lyrics to Say Maybe are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Neil Diamond in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Say Maybe are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Neil Diamond and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Say Maybe back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Say Maybe by Neil Diamond in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Say Maybe" means the words set to the music of Say Maybe, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Say Maybe and the lyrics to Say Maybe are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to Say Maybe, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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