Don't Ask Me Why

Album: We Too Are One (1989)
Charted: 25 40
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  • Miracle of miracles
    Look what the night dragged in
    It's a pocket full of misery
    And trouble on the wind
    You spoiled the best years
    Of your life
    You took them all in vain
    Now you think that you're forgiven
    But you can't be born again

    And you say
    Why?
    You say why?
    You say why?
    Don't ask me why

    I don't love you anymore
    I don't think I ever did
    And if you ever had
    Any kind of love for me
    You kept it all so well hid

    Promises sweet promises
    You kept them from your mind
    Like all the lost forgotten things
    You never seemed to find
    Like all the disappointments
    You displayed upon your shelf
    Now you've got no one to turn to
    You've got no-one but yourself

    And you say
    Why? Writer/s: ANNIE LENNOX, DAVID ALLAN STEWART
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyIn 1958 Elvis Presley and in 1980 Billy Joel both released completely different songs titled "Don't Ask Me Why"; Elvis' peaked at No. 25 while Joel's reached No. 19...
  • Celia from Duxbury, Maanne rocks
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