Please Tell Me Why [Song]

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PLEASE TELL ME WHY
By Mighty Sparrow

This is me, the Birdie!

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Ever since you take your things and leave me
All I could do is grieve and grieve
I never believe that you will deceive me
And that is why I'm so bereaved.
I feel so bad to hear people saying
You have me like a mook underneath your spell
Making me feel like if I'm in heaven
But all the time you really giving me hell.
But you'll always be my pet 'cause I cannot forget
Your gentle, sweet embrace, nobody else could take your place
I believe you even when you lie and I know I getting mamaguy
Is only you, and you alone, could say why. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Just because of how you used to be shy, girl
When you were hurt, I feel I could cry
But now you leaving me high and dry, girl
You going without even saying, "Goodbye."
You are my one and only desire
Your behaviour now have me on my knees
With you, my soul was always on fire
Without you, I'm really feeling the squeeze
Deep down within my heart, I know we should never part
There's nothing that I wouldn't do, specially if you want me to
When I start, you know that I wouldn't stop 'til you satisfy
Any excuse you come with is lie, so don't even try.

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
A bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

If there really is a Paradise
That's when I'm cuddled in your arms
It took a little while for me to realise
The power and the magic of your charms.

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

The thing for me to rub with, I end up drinking
Because my heart couldn't take no more
I'm so bewildered, I wasn't thinking
You have the thing to cure me, I'm sure
I'm on my own, alone and I'm stumbling
Like a drunken man who ready to fall
The thought of losing you have me fumbling
I just can't take tabanca at all
The way you does walk and wine is permanently on my mind
Pretending I don't give a heck has made me a nervous wreck
You never know how hard I try not to believe you have another guy
Everything they tell me, I say is contrived. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

I hear you tell your friends and them you using me
And you go keep me out of the comfort zone
You taking my money but you abusing me
You don't know what the heck I doing in your home
But is me paying the rent when the month done
Plus food and all the utilities
Me again for cable and then your cellphone
Tell them who bought you that SUV
Paid off your credit card and all the other bills you had
It wasn't easy but I tried to restore your credit with pride
That pie in the sky is expensive, I can't deny
I'll always be here for you, I don't know why. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

If there really is a Paradise
That's when I'm cuddled in your arms
It took a little while for me to realise
The power and the magic of your charms.

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!
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A Note From The Gull

Birdie, this is one sweet song about pain. With this song my heart goes out to all those suffering with tabanca - personal, ideological, political or national. You know who you are. Don't feel that you are all alone in your grief and that the whole world is happy while you are not. Trust me, plenty others are just going through the motions, plenty are throwing themselves into it to hide their sadness behind a brave, if not a drugged face, and plenty are not making the effort at all. These facts are not meant to comfort you or to paralyse you, but they are a reminder that suffering is a part of living and while you work your way through it, don't lose your hold on the people and the values that are truest. This is a new year and you can use this present discomfort as a springboard to take back control as you consciously launch yourself towards a better place.

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare