Neil Young - Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It Lyrics

Brings back memories from 50+ yrs ago when i was a child...awesome song

Met and wooed a lot of girls with this song in 67. Not too many of them had ever heard it. I played it on the juke box at Marine Bar, sang it to them. My brother and I put it on the playlist of our band, it was a huge hit with the crowds.

IN my opinion, this song has some of the BEST vocals they ever had.

I have always loved this song!

Eagles--your progenitors--Buffalo Springfield.

sublime

Neil Young genius all over it!!!

These songs are NOT by Earp John. The headers are deceptive.

Great tune!

Lol this is slowed down slightly

Fantastic !!

Oh, Richie ❤

memories abound here

My favorite song by Buffalo Springfield, sung flawlessly by Richie Furay

ESTEFANIA DESCUBRIENDO POR 1ª VEZ LAS MARAVILLAS DEL PASADO. ya no veo la tele.Ahora YT con su ``menu a la carta´´ es mi canal favorito

My favorite album of the main 3.  So many cool easy songs.  Definitely the genesis of  CS&N and CSN&Y...This was the music I grew up with in the 60s.  Now at 66, I can still see why...Ed<><

Love this song...first heard it in the 80's in a bar in Portland Or.....it really seemed to fit the scene at the time....

beautiful town!

This is good but the original 45 is far better.

Sopraffino.

I grew up listening to Bluebird, but this is their best song of all.

Almost every show he still does today Richie sings this. (Neil never)

God I would love to hear Neil sing it

Pretty sure Neil sings it on Live At Canterbury House. Recorded 1968, shortly after BS broke up.

Simply the best song EVER ........

pitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back in February of 1967,the radio played both sides of this single,For what its worth/Do I have to come right out and say it.Could easily have been a double A side record.

@Ron Slack How so?Most B-sides don't with a few exceptions.

If it was a game ,I could play it..but. The devils on the loose...Pray Pray Pray People..

A funny story:  I moved to Anchorage, AK, in late 1967 and found that they had been playing this song for months and calling it "For What It's Worth" since the copies of the 45 that were sent to local radio stations had the labels reversed (this was the flip side) and since "FWIW" never had that line in the lyrics, who knew?  Someone pointed this out just about the time I arrived in Anchorage, but it turned out to be the #1 song of the year on radio station KENI. 

Thank goodness for Utube.  I'm getting and listening to these great songs is one of the few joys I have.

Discovered Neil Young in 1973 and fairly sure he was credited with this song on single.

What do you mean?

Richie Furay sang it.

Neil wrote it.

In NZ this was the B side to For what its worth, 

In the US, too

I was sitting out on the porch with the pooch and the title of this song came to me, remembered they lyrics & melody but could not for the life of me remember who did it. My best ( Alzheimer's moment) guess was Jefferson Airplane. AH! Buffalo Springfield! Now I remember! Off one of my all time favorite albums. Really glad someone has uploaded it, would much rather hear it than have to resort to a boring old google search.

Dynamite

you are wrong Neil wrote it and richie sang it

is this a stills song?

No Neil Young wrote it. Richie Furey sang it.

@Rick Marlowe why post shit when you dont KNOW the facts??

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This song charted because of extensive airplay in one American city - Buffalo, NY.  50,000-watt powerhouse WKBW was known for b-sides, such as this and "Oh, Woman, Oh Why" by Wings.  It also advanced the songs "2+2=?" by Bob Seger and Del Shannon's remake of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb."

Yes, WKBW, all time best listening!!

@Craig McIntosh I used to listen to WKBW late at night on my 6 transistor radio in Dover, NH, and heard lots of fantastic tunes from 64-67 that were evidently never played in the rest of the country.  I distinctly recall hearing Them's original version of "Gloria" years before the second rate version by the Shadows of Knight became a national hit. 

@john baran I grew up with KB [also WNIA, and I can still remember the Dan Neaverth intro] but I believe that the Del Shannon version of Under My Thumb came first.

+john baran Yessss!!! KB! Joey Reynolds! And somebody else who remembers 2+2 = other than me!

earp john who?

I grew up on this stuff.......just keep spreading the music......music lovers of all ages "get" that the 60's music changed everything for the future. It's awesome that 50 years later we can play these classics and be inspired again and again. Cheers!

Oh how I love this...honored to know Stephen and Neil so well after all of these years.

A lovely song.

some of the best stuff out there and hardly anyone knows :)

I've been replaying this stuff for at least 50 years...

Just a great song!