Hall & Oates Songs - Say It Isn't So Lyrics

Hall & Oates - Say It Isn't So

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Album: Rock 'n Soul Part 1
Released: 1983

Say It Isn't So Lyrics

Say it
Say It Isn't So
Say it
Say it isn't so

Say it isn't so painful to tell me that you're dissatisfied
Last time I asked you I really got a lame excuse
I know that you lied
Now wicked things can happen you see 'em goin' down in war
But when you play in a quiet way that bites it even more

Say it
Tell me what you want yeah I'll do it baby I promise right now
Say it
Who propped you up when you were stopped low motivation
Had you on the ground

I know your first reaction you slide away hide away goodbye
But if there's a doubt maybe I can give out a thousand reasons why
You have to say it isn't so

(It isn't so) I say it isn't so
(It isn't so) I say it isn't so
(It isn't so) said it isn't so
(It isn't so) oh no

Say it
We like to be the strangers at the party, two rebels in a shell
Say it
You like to move with the best of them you know we move so well
Don't need someone to lean on, I know that there's an open door
But if I'm faced with being replaced I want you even more
So baby say it isn't so

(It isn't so) say it isn't so
(It isn't so) I say it isn't so
(It isn't so) said it isn't so
(It isn't so) oh no

Say it
Say it isn't so
Say it
Say it isn't so

Say it
Say it isn't so

Why you gonna go, do you have to say
Do you wanna go ooh ooh baby
Say it isn't

(Say)
Say say say it isn't so
(Say it isn't so)
(Say it isn't)
Why do you have to say it isn't
(Say it isn't)
(Say it isn't)
(Stop, say it isn't)
I know it's so hard for you
(Say it isn't)
So hard
(Say it isn't)
Don't say baby
(Stop, say it isn't)
There must be some other way
Don't have to
(Say it isn't)
Some other way
(Stop, say it isn't)
You gonna have to say
(Say it isn't)
(Say it isn't)
Don't have to say
(Stop, say it isn't)
You know I won't make you

Writer/s: HALL, DARYL
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INC
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Say It Isn't So Song Chart

By 1983, Hall & Oates was one of the most successful acts in America; stars of radio and MTV with five #1 hits behind them. Their newfound fame, however, came with a sense of alienation as they played to the masses.

In our interview with Daryl Hall , he explained that this feeling was the impetus for the song. "The idea was that John and I were outside of things," he said. "You know, that line, "We like to be the strangers at the party, two rebels in a shell," that had a lot to do with John and I's relationship to the world. And I think that was coming out of a combination of people's perceptions of us at that time – we were getting a lot of flack from various things. And being on the road, and feeling sort of separate from the outside world – because we were sort of in this 'road bubble,' and also the bubble of our success."

Daryl Hall wrote this song on his own. Along with "Adult Education," it was one of two new songs released on their compilation album Rock 'n Soul Part 1.

Say, this song sure spent a lot of time at #2 on the Hot 100. Four weeks. The song that held it off the top spot all four weeks: "Say Say Say" by Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson. Hall & Oates had six #1 singles - this was their only #2.