| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t laughing but you do not cry
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| Cry for the young man
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| Who’s fighting for your mind
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| Cry for the old man
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| That’s just past his time
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| Oh, tell me why
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| Tell me why the leaves
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| Well, they fall with your breath
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| And if the leaves don’t fall
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| When they leave your breath to rest
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| Your rebellion puts you up to the test
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| To the nation for evaluation
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| Watching you wild
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| With their radio station
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| Now I’m done playing the game
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| Oh yeah
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| Just searching for shading
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| With the tide with your tired mind
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| Put your breakup to the side
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| Oh, you can tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t laughing but you do not cry
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| Cry for the young man
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| Who’s fighting for your mind
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| Cry for the old man
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| That’s just past his time
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| You do not
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| Die with the masked man
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| The gas man, the tax man
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| He’s putting taxes on tax, man
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| While reaching out with the wrong hands
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| Singing to the systematic static
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| Television addict
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| Singing all in the attic
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| Can’t seem to see
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| All the plastic in the water, babe
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| You wouldn’t want that
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| For your daughter, babe
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| Thinking logical love and
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| Making logical love and
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| Forget what you’ve learnt and
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| You know that I yearn for you
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t laughing but you do not cry, ooooh
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| Cry for the young man
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| Who’s fighting for your mind
|
| Cry for the old man
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| that’s just past his time
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| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
|
| Tell me why, tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| Tell me why, tell me why
|
| You ain’t laughing but you do not cry
|
| Cry for the young man
|
| Who’s fighting for your mind
|
| Cry for the old man
|
| Who’s just past his time
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| Tell me why
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| Tell me why
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| You ain’t living but you do not die
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| Tell me why |