Why - Amii Stewart

How many times do I have to try to tell you

That I’m sorry for the things I’ve done

But when I start to try to tell you

That’s when you have to tell me

«Hey… this trouble’s only just begun»

I tell myself too many times

Why don’t you learn to keep your mouth shut

That’s why it hurts so bad to hear the words

That keep on falling from your mouth

Falling from your mouth, falling from your mouth

Tell me

Why?

I may be mad

I may be blind

I may be viciously unkind

But I can still read what you’re thinking

What you are thinking, what are you thinking

I’ve heard it said too many times

You’d be better off

Besides…

Why can’t you see this boat is sinking

(This boat is sinking)

Let’s go down to water’s edge

We can cast away these doubts

Some things are better left unsaid

They still turn me inside out

Turning inside out, turning inside out

Tell me

Why?

Tell me

Why?

You tell me

This is the book I never read

The words I never said

The path I’ll never tread

And the dreams I’ll dream instead

The joy that’s seldom spread

The tears that we shed

The fear

And the dread

And the contents inside my head

These are the years they spent

This is what they represent

This is how I feel

Do you even know how I feel?

‘Cause if you know, I don’t think you know how I feel

How can you know?

You never asked me

Why?

Why?