Why, Tell Me Why?
If I’m not too bold, there is something I would like to ask you.
If you will wait, there’s something I would like to say.
It won’t take long, so listen
And then I’ll be on my way.
The wild hawk flies in search of prey,
I missed the robin’s song today
And then I found him where he lay.
Oh why, tell me why?
A mother stills her darlin’s pain.
I call for mother all in vain.
I never even knew her name.
Oh, why, tell me why?
The road is not so long and the travelin’s not so hard
And my heart needs, oh, so little to be glad.
So let each bird sing all the day to cheer me on my carefree way
Then I will never have to say, “Oh, why, tell me why?”
The road is not so long and the travelin’s not so hard
And my heart needs, oh, so little to be glad.
So let each bird sing all the day to cheer me on my carefree way
Then I will never have to say, “Oh, why, tell me why?”
(Demo performed by Dave Bourne.)
For permission to record Bob Nolan's music, contact: The Songwriter’s Guild of America
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