ANNIE LENNOX - WHY

WHY

ANNIE LENNOX

SONGWRITER: ANNIE LENNOX

COUNTRY: SCOTLAND

ALBUM: MEDUSA

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: POP ROCK

YEAR: 1995

Diva is the debut solo album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum. It was also a success in the US, where it was a top 30 hit and has been certified double platinum. Diva won Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards the same year.

Why... Why...

How many times do I have to try to tell you

That I'm sorry for the things I've done?! Uhhh...

But 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 this boat is sinking

(This boat is sinking 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

Turning inside out...

Turning inside out...

Tell me...

Why

Tell me...

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 seldom spread;

These are the tears...

The tears we shed

This is the fear;

This is the dread

These are the contents of my head

And these are the years that we have spent

And this is what they represent

And this is how I feel

Do you know how I feel?

'Cause I don't think you know how I feel

I don't think you know what I feel

I don't think you know what I fear

You don't know what I fear.