In my dream children sing a song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green and laughter is the language of the world
Then I wake and all I see is a world full of people in need

Tell me why why does it have to be like this?
Tell me why why is there something I have missed?
Tell me why why cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

Everyday I ask myself what will I have to do to be a man?
Do I have to stand and fight to prove to everybody who I am?
Is that what my life is for to waste in a world full of war?

Tell me why why does it have to be like this?
Tell me why why is there something I have missed?
Tell me why why cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.
Tell me why?

tell me why? tell me why?
tell me why? tell me why?
Together just tell me why, why, why?

Tell me why why does it have to be like this?
Tell me why why is there something I have missed?
Tell me why why cos I don't understand.
When so many need somebody we don't give a helping hand.

Tell me why why, why, does the tiger run
Tell me why why why do we shoot the gun
Tell me why why, why do we never learn
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?

Why, why do we say we care
Tell me why why, why do we stand and stare
Tell me why why, why do the dolphins cry
Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die?

Why, why if we're all the same
Tell me why why, why do we pass the blame
Tell me why why, why does it never end
Can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?
Why, why?