Listen boy 
Don't want to see you let a good thing 
Slip away 

You know I don't like watching 
Anybody make the same mistakes 
I made 

She's a real nice girl 
And she's always there for you 
But a nice girl wouldn't tell you what you should do 

Listen boy 
I'm sure that you think you got it all 
Under control 

You don't want somebody telling you 
The way to stay in someone's soul 

You're a big boy now 
You'll never let her go 
But that's just the kind of thing 
She ought to know 

Tell her about it 
Tell her everything you feel 
Give her every reason to accept 
That you're for real 

Tell her about it 
Tell her all your crazy dreams 
Let her know you need her 
Let her know how much she means 

Listen boy 
It's not automatically a certain guarantee 
To insure yourself 
You've got to [bad word] constantly 

When you love someone 
You're always insecure 
And there's only one good way 
To reassure 

Tell her about it 
Let her know how much you care 
When she can't be with you 
Tell her you wish you were there 

Tell her about it 
Every day before you leave 
Pay her some attention 
Give her something to believe 

Cause now and then 
She'll get to worrying 
Just because you haven't spoken 
For so long 
Though you may not have done anything 
Will that be a consolation when she's gone 

Listen boy 
It's good information from a man 
Who's made mistakes 

Just a word or two that she gets from you 
Could be the difference that it makes 

She's a [bad word] soul 
She's put her [bad word] in you 
But a girl like that won't tell you 
What you should do 

Tell her about it 
Tell her everything you feel 
Give her every reason 
To accept that you're for real 

Tell her about it 
Tell her all your crazy dreams 
Let her know you need her 
Let her know how much she means 

Tell her about it 
Tell her how you feel right now 
Tell her about it 
The girl don't want to wait too long 
You got to tell her about it 
Tell her now and you won't go wrong 
You got to tell her about it 
Before it gets too late 
You got to tell her about it 
You know the girl don't want 
To wait--you got to 
Tell her about it