Album: Pipes of Peace (1983)

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• Say, say, say what you want
  But don't play games with my affection
  Take, take, take what you need
  But don't leave me with no direction
  
  All alone, I sit home by the phone
  Waiting for you, baby (baby)
  Through the years, how can you stand to hear
  My pleading for you, dear?
  You know I'm crying, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
  
  Yeah, yeah
  
  Now, go, go, go where you want
  But don't leave me here forever
  You, you, you, stay away
  So long, girl, I see you never
  
  What can I do, girl, to get through to you?
  'Cause I love you, baby (baby)
  Standing here, baptized in all my tears
  Baby, through the years, you know I'm crying
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
  
  Hee-hee-hee
  (You've got to say, say, say
  You've got to say, say, say)
  
  You never, ever worry
  And you never shed a tear
  You're saying that my love ain't real
  Just look at my face, these tears ain't drying
  
  You, you, you can never say
  That I'm not the one who really loves you
  I pray, pray, pray everyday
  That you'll see things, girl, like I do
  
  What can I do, girl, to get through to you?
  'Cause I love you (love you), baby (baby)
  Standing here, baptized in all my tears
  Baby, through the years, you know I'm crying
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
  
  Ooh, hee-hee-hee
  Hee-hee-hee
  
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
  (You've got to say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
  (You've got to say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
  Ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say), ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say), ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say), ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say), ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say), ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say)
  Ooh-ooh-ooh (say, say, say) Writer/s: Michael Joseph Jackson, Paul James McCartney
  Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 16

• Jt from New YorkIn their great video, MJ looks so young and youthful, and Paul complements MJ in a great way. "Say Say Say" is an underrated classic.
• Seventhmist from 7th HeavenI always liked liked liked "Say Say Say."
• Rj from Philapool, PaThis song has the annoying ability to get stuck in your head for hours. Or in my case, days....
  
  LOOK AT MY FACE THESE TEARS AIN'T DRYIN'!
• Nick from Cincinnati, OhIt can't be set in the late 19th century. There are cars.
• Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI wish the KIng of POP cd would come out in the US,it has everywhere else,but the North America.It has Say,Say Say on it.The music vido isn't bad either,with Mac and jack.
• Karlitos from Ottawa, OnThis song was important in a round-about way to Micheal's career.
  
  It was shot on location at teh Sycamore ranch. Micheal loved it so much that he bought it in 1988 for $17M and renamed it Neverland...the rest is history.
  
  It was also during this video that MJ talked to Paul about making money in teh music biz. Paul told him that the real money resides in owning music publishing rights.
  
  And so later on Micheal bid and won the rights to the ATV music catalog which included most of teh Beatles songs, for $47M. Today, this catalog is worth over a billion dollars. MJ shared it with Sony and always refused to sell his share of it. In fact he used his share to borrow money to fuel his expensive lifestyle.
• Julia from Richland, WaI heard this song on the radio just recently, and it was my first time hearing it and now I just can't get it out of my head. Even though I don't really care for Michael Jackson, I really love the song. =)
• Joe from Monroe, NyI HATED this song back in 1983....but now in 2009 it doesn't seem so bad.
• Angelica from Boynton, Fli like the video its just so cute to me. and i like the beat and tunes. LOOK AT MY FACE THESE TEARS AINT DRYING!!! R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON
• Jimmy T from Nyc, OrI wonder if McCartney thinks of Wacko-Jacko what many of us think he is-- I miguided, demented freek!
• Ken from Louisville, KyIn 1981, McCartney, George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick were in L.A. as the guests of Jackson, Quincy Jones and engineer Bruce Swieden. That when they recorded "The Girl Is Mine". The next year, Jackson, Jones and Sweiden visited to Martin's studio in Monteserat, where this song was recorded.
• Eric from Beaverton, OrI agree with Beth from Pittsburgh. I'm surprised that someone other than one of the Beatles has the rights to the Beatles songs, even though 2 of the Beatles are still around. It doesn't seem right, especially since Michael Jackson actually worked with Paul McCartney.
• Madison from Norway, MeI actually like this song. I'm so embarrassed!
• Beth from Pittsburgh, Pahmm..whenever i hear this song..i think how Michael Jackson screwed paul mcCartney out of the rights to the beatles recordings..by outbidding him. The first indication Michael wasn't so sweet and shy as he led us to believe.
• Sanafabich from Santiago, ChileThis song kicks a**!!!! and the video is just amazing, top of the 80's!
• Randy Lyken from Minneapolis, MnWill McCartney and Jackson ever sing a duet again? Is televangelist pat robertson honest?

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