Lyrics to
Don’t Know Why

This version of Don’T Know Why was released by Eric Clapton in 1970.

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You say you want everything good for me,
But I know so well, I can tell when you’re lying.
Making believe you’re looking up to me,
And I’m just sitting here, crying.

And I don’t know why,
I don’t know why,
I don’t know why I don’t care.

You’ll go on back to him, he’ll take you in.
I know he’s gonna love you, but I still want you back again,
‘Cause baby you’re part of me, it’s deep inside of you.
When he’s done all he can, you’ll come running to your other man, oh yeah.

I know you won’t soon forget last night.
Your precious love was all over me, but it’s all right.
Go on and try again but you know nothing’s gonna change.
That’s the way it’s gonna be, oh yeah.

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About Lyrics and Don’T Know Why by Eric Clapton

The lyrics to Don’T Know Why are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Eric Clapton used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Don’T Know Why have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Eric Clapton and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Don’T Know Why by Eric Clapton. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Don’T Know Why" means the words set to the music of Don’T Know Why, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Don’T Know Why and the lyrics to Don’T Know Why are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Know Why, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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