Tell Me Why Song Lyrics and Chords by Earl Thomas Conley
Tell Me Why
Recorded by Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley and John Acklin
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Well you'd think by now my reckless days were
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over
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running with the crowd would wear me
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out
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woman in my
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pocket and
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another by my
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side
Tell me
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why you love me
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baby tell me
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why
I've put you in a place that's not so
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easy
Even
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made you watch me tear your feelings
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down
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leaves me with a
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question
That's un
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answered in your
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eyes
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why you love me
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baby tell me
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why
Now
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once again I'm
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making you this
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promise
I'm
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gonna keep my
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love out of the
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streets
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all of your heart you're
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gonna try to
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keep me
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honest
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why you love me
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baby tell me
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why
When you look at me girl tell me what you're
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seeing
What
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do you see beyond these shallow
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lies
You're
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so close to the
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truth
But still
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you go on be
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lieving
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why you love me
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baby tell me
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why
repeat #3
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why you love me b
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aby tell me w
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hy
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aby tell me
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Tell Me Why?
- The song Tell Me Why was sang by Earl Thomas Conley.
Who is Earl Thomas Conley?
- Earl Thomas Conley (October 17, 1941 - April 10, 2019) was an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for RCA Records. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, of which eighteen reached Number One. His eighteen Billboard Number One country singles during the 1980s marked the most Number One hits by any artist in any genre during that decade, excluding Alabama and Ronnie Milsap.
