I'd better rest my eyes

Cuz 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 things 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



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 gotta check my pride

Because I was starting to think

I was starting something good

I couldn't start it this way

I was sinking in retrospect

And understanding that I misunderstood

I'd like to 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



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



And I tried

To guess what goes on in your head

Cuz 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