"Words I Couldn't Say" is a song written by Steve Robson, Tammi Kidd, and Gregory Becker and recorded by American country music group Rascal Flatts for their fourth studio album, Me and My Gang (2006).
The song found renewed popularity in 2010 after it was featured in the drama film Country Strong as performed by American actress and singer Leighton Meester.
"[4] In a review of the Country Strong soundtrack, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that "Gossip Girl Leighton Meester pulls off the sweet "Words I Couldn't Say" with ease.
"[6] Matthew Wilkening of Taste of Country enjoyed Meester's cover, but wrote that "she sounds a bit young to be so wise and wistful about regrets in her romantic life.
"[7] Jason Newman of MTV criticized Meester's version of the song as a low point on the soundtrack, writing that the cover "falls, um, flatts [sic].