[Intro] Yeah Pick a meaning Stand on it [Pause] He hesitates, elaborates She wants the bottom line Drop the backstory, Daddy It's polysyllabic folly, sorry [Pause] Eva is — like — liking likes, "What do you mean — like — really?" Daddy disses likes, 'cept for analogies Likes likes, like a fish likes bikes [Pause] Etta's tap dancing, tip toe-in' (can't sit still) Singin' "depends what you mean" ("head on pillow?") Daddy says, "Shut down the fog machine." (lie down) "Demystify the point, lean in." I come from where You say it straight, if you care Define your terms there What's a chair? Hey, that's tricky. Not fair. [Chorus] What do you mean? Mean what you say (say it) One word, one sense Two cents for the referents Daddy reiterates, gesticulates: Don't vacillate … six, seven … or equivocate! [Verse 1] Pretend, 'efriend, trend Transmitting all day, virtually Castrate terms, redefine, disparage Man, woman — love, marriage I’m from a place, called reality See correspondence theory Connect the facts, message, send Ding! (woohoo), what'd they intend Pray tell, what’d they really say (charitably!) Truth is, it's JUST semantics Meaning, justice (not verbal tics) Reality, it'll always win (no tricks) So don't take it on the chin [Chorus] Say what you mean Mean what you say (say it) Diction like Dickens, Bard says A rose — it's common sense — By any other name, same scents Two pence for the reference Daddy restates, recapitulates: "Don't conflate or prevaricate!" [Verse 2] They twist the truth Till it tastes like Twizzler It's a wax replica, or whistler Quote "cherry" unquote Wrapper says licorice This rapper licks — “ish!” Truth in advertising? To the letter Fine print, "best" is worse than "better" "50 percent bigger", (than what?) it's relative Okay Draper, to a point of reference See the Light, that's constant, E equals M C [Chorus] Scared? Sell it straight, anyway Mean what you say (hey) One logos, one name Seventy times seven for the penitents Daddy pontificates, in Christ, we saints “Don’t exaggerate or manipulate!” [Verse 3] It’s not nuance, France (no shade) A do-si-do definition dance (double entendre) Masking angles in linguistic tangles Deconstructing with a tower of babble (Foucault) Quote ten books ("Voila, gestalt!") Still miss the forest for the leafs [Chorus] Say what you mean (parlez vous?) Mean what you say (je sais quoi) Nonsense or bon sens Two franks, vive la différence Daddy differentiates, translates Ne racontez pas des salades (no lies) [Aside] Out here Backwards and upside down “Left” means right “Right” means wrong "K" means .... shhhh [Bridge] Indiscriminate, lest you be judge (and judged) Dissimulate, obfuscate (lest you come clean) Draw a line, don't smudge That’s not the Way (never been) Let your yes be yay, no be no Mean what you say, ya know [Pause] It’s all gray, interpretation they say Rorschach blot, 'cept when it's not Heaven and earth, let there be light Black and white, day and night Sun and moon, land and sea Named the animals, categorically Adam knew Eve, consumately Male matches female, a true love story Order out of chaos, to God's glory Say what you mean Mean what you say (yeah) Say what you mean Mean what you say (yeah) [Outro] Alright, let's get philosophical A chair is best defined in terms teleological Object built for the purpose of sitting Big or small, square or round, "form fitting"
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