Tell Me Why - Back To The 50's, Dinah Washington/Jimmy Cobb's Orchestra

I can understand it

Money’s what you’re working for

But I’m not a bandit

And I don’t love war

I can only find out

What it takes to have a lot

I don’t have no more doubt

I’ll keep what I’ve got

Tell me why, tell me why

If sometimes you are happy

Tell me why, tell me why

Other times you’re down

Tell me why, tell me why

Why some people are lucky

Tell me why, tell me why

Life goes up and down

Why is it that one guy’s

Got everythin' going well

Why the other ones try

Have to work like hell?

When your life is sunny

Everybody’s on your side

When it isn’t funny

You have got to hide

I don’t know where to go

If I will get an answer

It’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

Tell me why, tell me why

Other times you’re down

Tell me why, tell me why

Why some people are lucky

Tell me why, tell me why

Life goes up and down

I don’t even know yet

How to make the world go round

To be rich or in debt

To get off the ground

Don’t know the reason

I think I’ll never never know it

Who could ever answer?

Maybe I will never know

I don’t know where to go

If I will get an answer

It’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

Tell me why, tell me why

Other times you’re down

Tell me why, tell me why

Why some people are lucky

Tell me why, tell me why

Life goes up and down

Tell me why

Tell me why

Tell me why

Tell me why

Tell me why, tell me why

(I don’t know where to go)

If sometimes you are happy

Tell me why, tell me why

(Anyway, who can say)

Other times you’re down

Tell me why, tell me why

(I don’t know where to go)

Why some people are lucky

Tell me why, tell me why

(Anyway, who can say)

Life goes up and down

Tell me why, tell me why

(I don’t know where to go)

Tell me why, tell me why

(Anyway, who can say)

Tell me why, tell me why

(I don’t know where to go)

Tell me why, tell me why

(Anyway, who can say)

Life goes up and down

Tell me why

Sometimes you are happy

Tell me why

Other times you’re down

Tell me why

Some people are lucky

Tell me why

Life goes up and down

Tell me why

Sometimes you are happy

Tell me why

Other times you’re down

Tell me why

Some people are lucky

Tell me why

Life goes up and down

Tell me why

Life goes up and down

Tell me why

Sometimes you are happy

Tell me why

Other times you’re down

Tell me why

Some people are lucky

Tell me why

Life goes up and down

Tell me why

Sometimes you are happy