Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All Lyrics

Ronan Keating Lyrics

"When You Say Nothing At All"

It's amazing how you
Can speak right to my heart.
Without saying a word
You can light up the dark.

Try as I may, I could never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing.

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall.
You say it best when you say nothing at all.

All day long I can hear
People talking out loud,
But when you hold me near (you hold me near)
You drown out the crowd (the crowd, the crowd).

Try as they may, they can never define
What's been said between your heart and mine.

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall.
You say it best (you say it best) when you say nothing at all.

The smile on your face
Lets me know that you need me.
There's a truth in your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me.
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall.
You say it best (you say it best) when you say nothing at all.

[Repeat in background until the end:]
You say it best when you say nothing at all.

That smile on your face,
The truth in your eyes,
The touch of your hand
Lets me know that you need me.

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Thanks to Jayshree, Rae Terlecki, Gabriel Padpad, Viman Deb, nmandel for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz

Keith Whitley had a hit with "When You Say Nothing At All" in 1988. Co-author of this track Don Schlitz told about his version, "Keith did a great job singin' that song. He truly sang it from the heart."

Alison Krauss covered this song for "Keith Whitley: A Tribute Album" in 1995. She said about the song's success to Los Angeles Times' reporter in March 1995, "It's a freak thing. It's kinda ticklin' us all. We haven't had anything really chart before. At all. Isn't it funny though? We don't know what's goin' on... The office said, 'Hey, it's charting,' and we're like, 'Huh?'"

When Richard Curtis wanted a song for his film "Notting Hill", he suggested this to Ronan Keating, who later said, "As soon as he mentioned the title, I was hooked." Keating's version was his first solo single in 1999.