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Artist: John Butler Trio
Canonical path: /john-butler-trio/tell-me-why
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Tell Me Why
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Tell Me Why
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I got to let it go, I got to give it up
Gonna take a ride in my pickup truck, yeah
Because it's one in five, maybe one in ten
That you and I are gonna get back together again, yeah
I'm gonna roll one up
I'm gonna burn one down
I'm gonna take a left
Into the shady part of town
And Jamie on the corner
Gonna hook me up
Ain't nothing I can do
But go and get messed up 'cause
Tell me why you and I keep wasting our time
Ain't no use trying to read your goddamn mind
And I can't work it if you can't work it out
Tell me what it's all about
Darling, tell me what it's all about
And now I'm broken down, I got to take it slow
Gonna catch a greyhound into Chicago
And the windy little city gonna blow it away
All my disillusion and all my pain
All my disillusion and all my pain, because
Tell me why you and I keep wasting our time, tell me
Ain't no use trying to read your goddamn mind
And I can't work it if you can't work it out
Tell me what it's all about
Darling, tell me what it's all about
Wandering alone
Trying to find my feet again
Trying to find out who I am
So tangled up in you
I can't separate the two
Where do I end and you begin?
Where do I end and you begin?
Where do I end and you begin?
Where do I end and you begin?
Where do I end
And you begin?
Tell me why you and I keep wasting our time, tell me
Ain't no use trying to read your goddamn mind
And I can't work it if you can't work it out
Tell me what it's all about
Darling, tell me what it's all about
Darling, tell me what it's all about
Darling, tell me what it's all about
Darling, tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
Tell me what it's all about
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