SAY IT WITH MUSIC
1921
Lyrics and Music By Irving Berlin

4-Bar Intro

Verse 1

MU-SIC IS A LANG-UAGE LOV-ERS UN-DER-STAND,
MEL-O-DY AND RO-MANCE WAN-DER HAND IN HAND,
CU-PID NEV-ER FAILS, AS-SIS-TED BY A BAND.
SO IF YOU HAVE SOME-THING SWEET TO TELL HER:

Verse 2

THERE'S A TEN-DER MESS-AGE DEEP DOWN IN MY HEART,
SOME-THING YOU SHOULD KNOW, BUT HOW AM I TO START?
SEN-TI-MEN-TAL SPEECH-ES NEV-ER COULD IM-PART,
JUST EX-ACT-LY WHAT I WANT TO TELL YOU:

Chorus

SAY IT WITH MU-SIC, BEAU-TI-FUL MU-SIC.
SOME-HOW THEY'D RATH-ER BE KISSED
TO THE STRAINS OF CHOP-IN OR LISZT.
A MEL-O-DY MEL-LOW, PLAYED ON A CEL-LO
HELPS MIS-TER CU-PID A-LONG
SO SAY IT WITH A BEAU-TI-FUL SONG