(I Love You) What Can I Say

This song was a minor hit for Jerry Reed and it sure had a special appeal to the female audiences. "What Can I Say" appears on a number of Reed compilations. Today this tune also appears on karaoke tapes.

Lyric:
You know some call me a poet
He has a way with words they say. Hmmm...
Well why then when I try to tell you the way I feel
Do all the words just slip away?
Or...
They come out sounding like dialogue from a Clark Gable movie
"Well, Frankly my dear" Damn
I just have so much inside that I want you to know about 
But it all means that I love you
So what can I say?

You bring a tear to the poets eye
And you are the rhyme I could not write
And you are love when the words slip away
And I love you
What can I say?

You see sometimes, well sometimes words just aren't enough
I mean what is that word for that funny little shaky feeling inside, huh?
Or that numb, warm, wonderful confusion when you touch me?
A poet, no, no I'm not a poet
But if I were, and if I had every word in the world at my command
My poem would still be I love you
I love you
So what can I say?

You are the song I could not sing
And you are the picture I could not paint
And you are love when the words slip away
And I love you
What can I say?

Words and music: Dick Feller  © Vector Music/Horipro Music