Lyrics to
Why?

This version of Why? was released by Rick Springfield in 1972.

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I don’t know how
To tell you who I am
Try to justify
You’d still deny I’m a man

I never understood it
So I don’t expect you to
But I can’t change now
Love, just for you

Maybe it’s better
That you know at last
Oh I am sorry
It all happened so fast

We might have lasted longer
If I told you when we met
But it’s an old song
For you to forget

Why did you love me more
Lord did I let her down
Why did she never understand me
Whey did she love me
Lord did I let her down
Why is it so hard to be yourself

I never understood it
So I don’t expect you to
But I can’t change now
Love, just for you
Maybe it’s better
That you know at last
Oh I am sorry
It all happened so fast

We might have lasted longer
If I told you when we met
But it’s an old song
For you to forget

Why did you love me more
Lord did I let her down
Why did she never understand me
Whey did she love me
Lord did I let her down
Why is it so hard to be yourself

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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides Why?. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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About Lyrics and Why? by Rick Springfield

When you decide to study the lyrics to Why?, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Rick Springfield. Some of the lyrics to Why? have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rick Springfield and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Why? if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Why?" means the words set to the music of Why?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. 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 Why? and the lyrics to Why? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to Why?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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