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   Li 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   Li 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   Li 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   Li 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........!