Say Liza [Liza With A Z] lyrics

It's Liza with 'Z' not Lisa with an 'S'

'Cause Lisa with an 'S' goes 'ss' not 'zz'

It's 'Z' instead of 'S', 'Lie' instead of 'Lee'

It's simple as can be, see, Liza

I'll do it again

It's Liza with 'Z' not Lisa with an 'S'

'Cause Lisa with an 'S' goes 'ss' not 'zz'

It's 'Z' instead of 'S', 'Lie' instead of 'Lee'

It's simple as can be, see, Liza

Now, if my name were Ada

I'd be Ada, even backwards I'd be Ada

Or if my name were Ruth

Then I'd be Ruth because with Ruth what can you do?

Or Sally, or Margaret or Ginger or Faye

But when you're a Liza you always have to say

No, it's Liza with 'Z' not Lisa with an 'S'

'Cause Lisa with an 'S' goes 'ss' not 'zz'

It's 'Z' instead of 'S', 'Lie' instead of 'Lee'

It's simple as can be, see, Liza

Ah, and that is only half of it

There's another way they treat me cruelly

How often I remember someone saying

"There she goes, Lisa Minooli"

Or Minolli or Miniola or Minili Minnilii

So is it a wonder? I very often cry

It's M I double N, then E double L I

You double up the N, that's not me

Then E double L end it with an I

That's the way you say Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, it's Italian

Blame it on papa, what can I do?

Every Sandra who's a Saandra

Every Mary who's really Maree

Every Joan who is a Joanne

Has got to agree with me when I'm announced

I don't mind being pommeled or trampled or trounced

But it does drive you bats to be Miss, mispronounced

It's Liza with 'Z' not Lisa with a 'S'

'Cause Lisa with a 'S' goes 'ss' not 'zz'

It's 'Z' instead of 'S', 'Lie' instead of 'Lee'

It's simple as can be, see, Liza

Then M I double N, then E double L I

You double up the N, that's not me

Then E double L end it with an I

That's the way you say Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, it's easy, it's easy

See it's Leezy, no, Liza!

• Artist:Liza Minnelli