How many times to I have to try to tell you

That I'm sorry for the things I've done?

When I start to try to tell you

That's when you have to tell me

Hey, this kind of trouble's only just begun

I tell myself too many times

Why don't you keep your big mouth shut?

That's why it hurts so bad to heart the words

That keep on falling from your mouth

Falling from your mouth

Falling from your mouth

Tell me why

Tell me why

I may be mad

I may be blind

I may be viciously unkind

But I can still read what you're thinking

I've heard it said so many times

That you'd be better off, besides

Why can't you see this boat is sinking?

This boat is sinking

Tell me why

Tell me why

This is a book I never read

These are the words I never said

This is the path I'll never tread

These are the dreams I'll dream instead

This is the joy that seldom spread

These are the tears, the tears we shed

This is the fear, this is the dread

These are the contents of my head

These are the years that we have spent

This is what they represent

This is how I feel

Do you know how I feel?

'Cause I don't think you know how I feel

I don't think you know how I feel

Tell me why

Tell me why