Get It Out

[Verse 1: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, raw and big] I've been stuck on words since I was six years old Every letter in my throat like a cat out in the cold Teacher used to skip me when it came my turn to read Kids would finish sentences I never let them lead Eddie never did that, Eddie let me take my time Sat with me at lunch while I was working through a line Now he's getting married and he wants me standing tall Best man with a toast in front of the whole hall [Pre-Chorus: Sixties R&B shouter male lead] Practiced it for months to the bathroom wall Every word was perfect, and then here comes the call [Chorus: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, shouting full power] Let me get it out Let me get it out All of it is stuck behind my mouth Let me get it out [Verse 2: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, nervous to strong] Clinking on the glass and the whole room turning round Two hundred faces looking and I'm looking at the ground First word is Eddie, and the E won't let me through Locked up like a door, and I don't know what to do Somebody coughs, somebody laughs, and then it all goes still Eddie's eyes are on me like he's standing on a hill Then I hear the band behind me tuning up a note And I know when I am singing, nothing ever stops my throat [Pre-Chorus: Sixties R&B shouter male lead] Put the paper down, take a breath and wait Tap my foot and count it, one through eight [Chorus: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, shouting full power] Let me get it out Let me get it out All of it is stuck behind my mouth Let me get it out [Bridge: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, singing the toast, every word clean] Eddie, you're the brother that I never had Stayed with me through good years and stayed with me through bad Raise a glass to him and raise it to his bride Never once in thirty years did he leave my side Every word I couldn't say, I'm singing it to you Every word I swallowed, Eddie, every one is true [Final Chorus: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, biggest shout] Let me get it out Let me get it out All of it is stuck behind my mouth Let me get it out [Outro: Sixties R&B shouter male lead, vamp, ad-libs over the band as the room sings back] Get it out, get it out, everybody, get it out Two hundred voices singing it, and Eddie in the crowd Get it out, get it out, I never sang so loud Get it out [End]