Lyrics to
Whad’ Ya Say

This version of Whad’ Ya Say was released by Uriah Heep in 1978.

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Whad’ ya say…
Lady you’re tyin’ me down
Turning my heart to stone
And I can’t help feeling I’d better off
Back out in the streets alone

Baby you’re hurtin’ me, deserting me again
I looked for your loyalty
And found a fickle friend

We could try to get back on the right track baby
Or leave it, just throw it away
We could pick it up, pack it up, make up or
Break up let’s try again, whad’ya say

Faced with this situation, there’s two things we can do
A lot of it is up to us, but most of it’s down to you
You know we shouldn’t play with love
It’s a dangerous thing to do
So let’s not get agony and ecstasy confused
Whad’ya say

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About Lyrics and Whad’ Ya Say by Uriah Heep

The lyrics for Whad’ Ya Say are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Uriah Heep. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Whad’ Ya Say 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 Whad’ Ya Say - Uriah Heep 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 Whad’ Ya Say by Uriah Heep 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 Whad’ Ya Say" means the words set to the music of Whad’ Ya Say, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. 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 Whad’ Ya Say and the lyrics to Whad’ Ya Say are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Whad’ Ya Say, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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