Robert Schilling

I Ask Why

Robert Schilling


The girl on the street corner can't wave back at me 
I asked her why and she had to think 
She turned away and said that times really have changed 
I don't know why she looked the same 

Oh, I ask why all her love I'll have to lose today 
Oh, I ask why all her time she'll spend to turn away from me 
Oh, I ask why 
Why must you play this charade with me? 

The girl from the sandbox once wore a necklace that I had made 
I don't know why she forgot those days 
She said from beneath her pearls that these were the real things 
I don't know why she looked so fake 

The girl from laundry just had waved back at me 
I don't know why I forgot her name 
She said from beneath her clothes that times really have changed 
I don't know why she's bothering me