Tell Me Why

Tell me why just one more time, but say it doesn't matter
If I seem to lose the rhyme in what we said today
You can say I'm past my prime, but say it doesn't matter
Give me just a little sign and help me to remember
A meditation to pass the time of day
I try to think of this and then what happened yesterday
A fascination with one who's far away
I can't remember if she ran or if she's back to stay

They say the mind's a wondrous thing
It makes me laugh, it makes me sing
When I want the who or why
It turns around and says goodbye

So tell me why just one more time, but say it doesn't matter
If I seem to lose the rhyme in what we said today
Tell me that I'm past my prime, but say it doesn't matter
Give me just a little sign to help me to remember

Concentration, the power that we seek
I try to think of time and year or just the day of week
Anticipation filling up the space
Was it only yesterday I saw your pretty face?

They say the mind's a wondrous thing
It makes me laugh, it makes me sing
When I want the who or why
It turns around and says goodbye

So tell me why just one more time, but say it doesn't matter
If I seem to lose the rhyme in what we said today
Tell me that I'm past my prime, but say it doesn't matter
Give me just a little sign and help me to remember

Imagination takes me through the day
When I see the sun go down your image fades away
My generation passing time away
Seems like only yesterday we had so much to say

They say the mind's a wondrous thing
It makes me laugh, it makes me sing
When I want the who or why
It turns around and says goodbye

So tell me why just one more time, but say it doesn't matter
If I seem to lose the rhyme in what we said today
Tell me that I'm past my prime, but say it doesn't matter
Give me just a little sign and help me to remember

Would you tell me why just one more time, but say it doesn't matter
If I seem to lose the rhyme in what we said today
Tell me that I'm past my prime, but say it doesn't matter
Give me just a little sign and help me to remember

They say the mind's a wondrous thing
It makes me laugh, it makes me sing
When I want the who or why
It turns around and says goodbye