diff --git a/langchain/chains/llm_math/base.py b/langchain/chains/llm_math/base.py
index 8827230179f..e9d22e32c28 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/llm_math/base.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/llm_math/base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.chains.llm_math.prompt import PROMPT
 from langchain.chains.python import PythonChain
-from langchain.input import ChainedInput
+from langchain.input import print_text
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 
 
@@ -51,15 +51,18 @@ class LLMMathChain(Chain, BaseModel):
     def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         llm_executor = LLMChain(prompt=PROMPT, llm=self.llm)
         python_executor = PythonChain()
-        chained_input = ChainedInput(inputs[self.input_key], verbose=self.verbose)
-        t = llm_executor.predict(question=chained_input.input, stop=["```output"])
-        chained_input.add(t, color="green")
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(inputs[self.input_key])
+        t = llm_executor.predict(question=inputs[self.input_key], stop=["```output"])
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(t, color="green")
         t = t.strip()
         if t.startswith("```python"):
             code = t[9:-4]
             output = python_executor.run(code)
-            chained_input.add("\nAnswer: ")
-            chained_input.add(output, color="yellow")
+            if self.verbose:
+                print_text("\nAnswer: ")
+                print_text(output, color="yellow")
             answer = "Answer: " + output
         elif t.startswith("Answer:"):
             answer = t
diff --git a/langchain/chains/sql_database/base.py b/langchain/chains/sql_database/base.py
index 4a13f3938ff..7ceab5fb048 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/sql_database/base.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/sql_database/base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra
 from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
 from langchain.chains.sql_database.prompt import PROMPT
-from langchain.input import ChainedInput
+from langchain.input import print_text
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.sql_database import SQLDatabase
 
@@ -53,22 +53,26 @@ class SQLDatabaseChain(Chain, BaseModel):
 
     def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, str]) -> Dict[str, str]:
         llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=self.llm, prompt=PROMPT)
-        chained_input = ChainedInput(
-            f"{inputs[self.input_key]} \nSQLQuery:", verbose=self.verbose
-        )
+        input_text = f"{inputs[self.input_key]} \nSQLQuery:"
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(input_text)
         llm_inputs = {
-            "input": chained_input.input,
+            "input": input_text,
             "dialect": self.database.dialect,
             "table_info": self.database.table_info,
             "stop": ["\nSQLResult:"],
         }
         sql_cmd = llm_chain.predict(**llm_inputs)
-        chained_input.add(sql_cmd, color="green")
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(sql_cmd, color="green")
         result = self.database.run(sql_cmd)
-        chained_input.add("\nSQLResult: ")
-        chained_input.add(result, color="yellow")
-        chained_input.add("\nAnswer:")
-        llm_inputs["input"] = chained_input.input
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text("\nSQLResult: ")
+            print_text(result, color="yellow")
+            print_text("\nAnswer:")
+        input_text += f"{sql_cmd}\nSQLResult: {result}\nAnswer:"
+        llm_inputs["input"] = input_text
         final_result = llm_chain.predict(**llm_inputs)
-        chained_input.add(final_result, color="green")
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(final_result, color="green")
         return {self.output_key: final_result}
diff --git a/langchain/input.py b/langchain/input.py
index ef7053ad315..782cd41a8bf 100644
--- a/langchain/input.py
+++ b/langchain/input.py
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ class ChainedInput:
         """Initialize with verbose flag and initial text."""
         self._verbose = verbose
         if self._verbose:
-            print_text(text, None)
+            print_text(text, color=None)
         self._input = text
 
     def add(self, text: str, color: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         """Add text to input, print if in verbose mode."""
         if self._verbose:
-            print_text(text, color)
+            print_text(text, color=color)
         self._input += text
 
     @property