Say Liza (Liza With a "Z") [Live]

I have a problem

It's not a big problem

But it is a problem

It's my name

I find it still a lot of people call me Lisa

Wrong!

My name is Liza, Liza

Has a Z in it

Well, for instance, someone will come up to me on the street and say

"Hello Lisa, how are you?"

"Fine, thank you but it's Liza"

Or Someone will say

"Lisa, what a nice hat you have on!"

I'll say, "Thank you very much but my name is Liza and that's my hair"

So you can see what I mean

Anyway, I've been trying to figure out the final solution to this

And I think I've come up with an answer

Jack!

It's Liza with a Z

Not Lisa with an S

'Cause Lisa with an S

Goes "sss" not "zzz"

It's Z instead of S

Ly instead of Lee

It's simple as can be

See, Liza!

I'll do it again

It's Liza with a Z

Not Lisa with an S

'Cause Lisa with an S

Goes "sss" not "zzz"

It's Z instead of S

Ly 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

It's Liza with a Z

Not Lisa with an S

'Cause Lisa with an S

Goes "sss" not "zzz"

It's Z instead of S

Ly instead of Lee

It's simple as can be

See, Liza!

Oh! And that is only half of it

There's another way

Fate treats me cruelly

How often I remember someone saying

"There she goes, Lisa Minooli!"

Or Minoli, or Miniola, or Minili, or Minelie

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, thats nn, not ll

Then E, double the 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 Sondra

Every Mary who's really Marie

Every Joan

Who is a Joanne

Has got to agree with me

When I've announced

I don't mind being pommelled

Or trampled or trounced

But it does drive you bats

To be miss, Miss pronounced

It's Liza with a Z

Not Lisa with an S

'Cause Lisa with an S

Goes "sss" not "zzz"

It's Z instead of S

Ly 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, thats "nn," not "ll"

Then E, double the 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!