A Gender-NEUtral Love Song
Couple Enrichment leader Jeff Richman wondered why love songs are so often gender specific. He challenged himself to change this pattern by rewriting the 1983 Billy Joel classic "Tell Her About It" to make it gender neutral!
Tell Them About It (A Gender Neutral Love Song)
(Original music / lyrics 1983 by Biily Joel, new lyrics 2023 by Jeff Richman)
Listen, NOW, I 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
THEY’RE A REAL FINE ONE AND THEY’RE always there for you
But SOMEONE LIKE THAT wouldn't tell you what you should do
Oh, listen, NOW, 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 ALL GROWN UP, and you'll never let THEM go
But that's just the kind of thing THEY ought to know
Tell THEM about it, tell THEM everything you feel
Give THEM every reason to accept that you're for real
Tell THEM about it, tell THEM all your crazy dreams
Let THEM know you need THEM,
Let THEM know how much THEY mean
Listen, NOW, it's not automatically a certain guarantee
To insure yourself you've got to provide communication constantly
When you love someone you're always insecure
And there's only one good way to reassure ---
Tell THEM about it, let THEM know how much you care
When THEY can't be with you tell THEM you wish you were there
Tell THEM about it everyday before you leave
Pay THEM some attention -- Give THEM something to believe
Cause now and then THEY’LL get to worrying
Just because you haven't spoken for so long
And though you may not have done anything
Will that be a consolation when THEY’RE gone?
Listen, NOW, it's good information from SOMEONE who's made mistakes
Just a word or two that THEY GET from you could be the difference that it makes
THEY’RE a trusting soul, THEY’VE put THEIR trust in you
But SOMEONE like that won't tell you what you should do
Tell THEM about it, tell THEM everything you feel
Give THEM every reason to accept that you're for real.
Tell THEM about it, tell THEM all your crazy dreams
Let THEM know you need THEM, let THEM know how much THEY mean
Tell them about it, tell THEM how you feel right now!
YOU GOT TO tell THEM about it, WELL THEY WON’T want to wait too long!
You got to tell THEM about it Tell THEM now and you won't go wrong!
You got to tell THEM about it before it gets too late! You’ve got to tell THEM about it!