Tell Me Why
Lost my job today
No paycheque coming my way
Oh if I can only make it till I feel like cutting loose at the end of the day
Head on down to the avenue
The blues club beckons with the sound of
old Johnny boy getting up laying down
that guitar sound
Tell me why
Tell me why it sets my soul on fire
The way he plays that
old six string makes it really, really sing
I'm feeling something inside
Tell me why
Watching the people walk by
Empty words and painted smiles
Oh if we could only see
Chasing the dollars such an artificial high
But there, there in our dreams
An artist paints a picture, a place we've never been
A blues guitar melody
Soundscapes of fantasy
Tell me why
Tell me why it sets my soul on fire
The way he plays that
old six string makes it really, really sing
I'm feeling something inside
Tell me why
Tell me why he plays this song tonight
Oh no he won't ever give it up
Ain't never gonna stop
He reaching deep down inside
Tell me why
The night is stormy
I sit alone in the bar
I close my eyes a dream it haunts me
In this dream I can play guitar, Lord let me play guitar
Saw my old friend today
Johnny Boy was really, really crazed
Lord his service was so cold
Why did he have to throw his whole life away
Down, down on the avenue
My guitar weeps a sad melancholy kind of
song, an ode to the friend whose legacy never ends
Tell me why
Tell me why it sets my soul on fire
The way I play this
old six string makes it really, really sing
Johnny's with me tonight
Tell me why
Tell me why I play this song tonight
Oh no now I'm feeling pretty good
I'm feeling like I should
Just my way to survive
Tell me why
