How many times
do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the thing
s I've done
When I start to try to tell you,
that's when you have to tell me
Hey, this kind of trouble's
only just begun
I tell myself too many times,
why don't you ever learn
To keep your big 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, why
I may be mad, I may be blind,
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you're
thinking
And I've heard it said too many times
that you'd be better off
Besides, why can't you see
that this boat is sinking?
Let's go down to the water's edge
And we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turnin' inside out
Turnin' inside out
Tell me why, why
Why, just tell me, why,
why, why
This is the book I've never read
These are the words I've never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's sound and spread
These are the tears, the tears we shed
This is the fear, this is the trip
These are the contents of my head
These are the years that we have spent
This is what they represent
This is how I feel
So tell me why, why
Why? Tell me
Why? Why? Why?