Lyrics to
Say Something Nice

This version of Say Something Nice was released by Donna Summer in 1977.

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Say that you like me the way I am
Just take some time out to understand
It may not be much, but I do all I can
Say something nice

I’d never do it to one of you
I’d say something nice if it wasn’t true
I’d make you feel better when you’re feeling blue
I’d say something nice

Say something nice, only once or twice
Say something nice, only once or twice
Say something nice

I wanna hear that I’m beautiful
But you wouldn’t say it even if I were
Wearing my diamonds and a coat of fur
You wouldn’t say nothin’ nice

Tell me you think that my hair’s real nice
Don’t stand around and just criticize
Can’t you understand that when a person tries
You say something nice

And it’s oh so hard, oh so hard
To listen to the words that you say
Oh, say something nice, just once or twice
It wouldn’t hurt, don’t you see

I wanna hear something nice, say something nice
Say something nice, just once or twice
It don’t hurt you at all, say something nice

Say something nice baby, only once or twice
Say something nice
Say something nice baby, only once or twice
Say something nice

Hey don’t you hear me, hey don’t you hear me
Hey don’t you hear me, hey don’t you hear me

Say something nice

Say something nice

And it’s oh so hard, and it’s oh so hard
And I’m dying to hear what I’ve never heard

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About Lyrics and Say Something Nice by Donna Summer

The lyrics for Say Something Nice are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Donna Summer. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Say Something Nice have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Say Something Nice - Donna Summer and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Say Something Nice by Donna Summer in multiple 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 Something Nice" means the words set to the music of Say Something Nice, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 Something Nice and the lyrics to Say Something Nice are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Say Something Nice, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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