Why by Annie Lennox
(Why)
(Why)
How many times
Do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done
(Oooh)
But when I (1)__________ to try to (2)________ you
That's (3)________ you have to tell me
Hey, this (4)________ of trouble's (5)________ just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don't you ever learn
To keep your big (6)__________ 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)
(Why)
I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be (7)__________________ unkind
But I can still read
What you're thinking
(Ooooh)
And I've heard it said too many times
That you'd be (8)____________ off
Besides
Why can't you see (9)________ (10)________ is sinking
This boat is (11)______________ (this boat is sinking)
Let's go (12)________ to the water's edge
And we can cast (13)________ those doubts
Some (14)____________ are better (15)________ unsaid
But (16)________ still (17)________ me (18)____________ out
Turning inside out
Turning inside out
Tell me
(Why)
Tell me
(Why)
This is the book I never read
These are the (19)__________ I never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's (20)____________ spread
These are the tears, the tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the (21)________________ of my head
And these are the (22)__________ that we've spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you (23)________ how I feel
'Cause I don't (24)__________ you (25)________ how I feel
I don't think you (26)________ what I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
You don't know what I feel
(Why)
How many times
Do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done
(Oooh)
But when I (1)__________ to try to (2)________ you
That's (3)________ you have to tell me
Hey, this (4)________ of trouble's (5)________ just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don't you ever learn
To keep your big (6)__________ 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)
(Why)
I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be (7)__________________ unkind
But I can still read
What you're thinking
(Ooooh)
And I've heard it said too many times
That you'd be (8)____________ off
Besides
Why can't you see (9)________ (10)________ is sinking
This boat is (11)______________ (this boat is sinking)
Let's go (12)________ to the water's edge
And we can cast (13)________ those doubts
Some (14)____________ are better (15)________ unsaid
But (16)________ still (17)________ me (18)____________ out
Turning inside out
Turning inside out
Tell me
(Why)
Tell me
(Why)
This is the book I never read
These are the (19)__________ I never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's (20)____________ spread
These are the tears, the tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread
These are the (21)________________ of my head
And these are the (22)__________ that we've spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you (23)________ how I feel
'Cause I don't (24)__________ you (25)________ how I feel
I don't think you (26)________ what I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
You don't know what I feel
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