I can understand it
money's what you're working forBut I'm not a bandit and I don't love war.
I can only find out what it takes to have a lotI don't have no more doubt
I'll keep what I've got!Tell me why
tell me why
if sometimes you are happyTell me why
tell me why other times you're downTell me why
tell me why
why some people are luckyTell me why
tell me why life goes up and down.Why is it that one guy's got everythin' going wellWhy the other ones try
have to work like hell?
When your life is sunny
everybody's on your sideWhen it isn't funny
you have got to hide.I don't know where to go if I will get an answerit's such a mistery!
Anyway
who can say if I'll be a romancer
go down in history.
Tell me why
tell me why
if sometimes you are happy
. . .I don't even know yet how to make the world go roundTo be rich or in debt
to get off the ground.
Don't know the reason
I think I'll never
never know itWho could ever answer? Maybe I wirr never I