How many times do I have to try to tell you   That I'm sorry for the things I've done   But 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 ever learn to keep your big mouth shut    That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words   That keep on falling from your mouth   Falling from your mouth   Falling from your mouth   Tell me...   Why   Why      I may be mad   I may be blind   I may be viciously unkind   But I can still read what you're thinking   And I've heard it said too many times   That you'd be better off   Besides...   Why can't you see this boat is sinking   (This boat is sinking this boat is sinking)   Let's go down to the water's edge   And we can cast away those doubts   Some things are better left unsaid   But they still turn me inside out   Turning inside out   Turning inside out      Tell me...   Why   Tell me...   Why      This is the book I've never read   These are the words I've never said   This is the path I'll never tread   These are the dreams I'll dream instead   This is the joy that's 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   And these are the years that we have spent   And this is what they represent   And 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 what I feel   I don't think you know what I fear   You don't know what I fear