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, and help me to remember

Concentration, the power that we seek
I try to think of time and year or just the day and 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

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
Won't 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