TELL THEM NOW Songtext
von Akira the Don

If with pleasure you are viewing
Any work someone is doing
If you like ′em, or you love them, tell them now

Don't withhold your approbation
′Til the person makes oration
And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow

No matter how you shout it
They won't really care about it
They won't know how many teardrops you have shed

If you think some praise is due them
Now′s the time to slip it to them
For they cannot read their tombstone when they′re dead

If with pleasure you are viewing
Any work someone is doing
If you like 'em, or you love them, tell them now

Don′t withhold your approbation
'Til the person makes oration
And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow


More than fame, and more than money
Is the comment kind and sunny
And the hearty, warm approval of a friend

For it gives to life a savor
And it makes you stronger, braver
And it gives you heart and spirit to the end

If she earns your praise, bestow it
If you like him, let him know it
Let the words of true encouragement be said

Do not wait ′til life is over
And they're underneath the clover
For they cannot read their tombstone when they′re dead

If with pleasure you are viewing
Any work a man is doing
If you like 'em, or you love them, tell them now

Don't withhold your approbation
′Til the person makes oration
And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow

If with pleasure you are viewing
Any work someone is doing
If you like ′em, or you love them, tell them now


Don't withhold your approbation
′Til the person makes oration
And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow