Eddie & Rita (feat. Robert Hasleder)

Eddie & Rita

Eddie said: "You wanna ride with me?", Rita said: "why not?"

He said "you point me where to go" & she gave him a thumbs up

This is how it started in a manner time forgot

He said "you need a ride?", she said "why not?"

The wheat fields and the cornstalks and the weeks went flying by

Loved rained down upon them from the clearest, bluest sky

And the love you feel at 23 is burning, sizzling hot

If you think it's gonna last, give it a shot

Eddie & Rita, hm, Rita & Eddie

The way this works is no one's ever ready

For the deepest pit of sorrow or a giant pot of luck

So we cry, laugh & curse a lot

We ask "why?", life's answer is "why not?"

Ed & Rita married and that changed everything

They traded in their freedom for a pair of pawnshop rings

The sky began to crumble and the moon he hung just dropped

It got harder to hold on than to give up

Eddie & Rita, hm, Rita & Eddie

The way this works is no one's ever ready

For the deepest pit of sorrow or a giant pot of luck

So we cry, laugh & curse a lot

We ask "why?", life's answer is "why not?"

Eddie's 57 now, a two-time divorcee

Tired of his office job, tired of being free

When a car slows down beside, rolls the windows down and stops

Rita says "you need a ride?", he says "why not?"

Eddie & Rita, hm, Rita & Eddie

The way this works is no one's ever ready

For the deepest pit of sorrow or a giant pot of luck

So we cry, laugh & curse a lot

We ask "why?", the answer is "why not?"

We ask "why?", life's only answer is "why not?"