Ask Why Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

There's a panic on the streets 

A reputation on a line 

A revolution every minute 

Nothing's gonna keep time 

Ask why 

Ask why 

The president's understudy 

Fluffing his cues 

He sure must have the self-deception blues 

Ask why 

Ask why 

Ask why 

No-one ever looks at you straight in the face 

Ask why 

You're never at home but you're so outta place 

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Ask why 

The record's gotten scratchy 

And there's dust in every groove 

And the needle keeps on jumping 

Everytime we make a move 

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Ask why 

They think they've caught the killer 

And they kill him on first sight 

Another kid gets murdered 

Later on that night 

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Ask why 

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The truth is always hiding between the lines 

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We're living it up in kaleidoscope time 

Ask why 

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No-one trusts the enemy 

Right in our midst 

Don't know what you did now 

You're on the hit list 

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No-one even cared to look up at the sky 

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The world's photogenic and you're camera shy 

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The world was in debt the day it died 

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Life is so short and you might as well try to 

Ask why