Written and Performed by The Weepies (Hideaway 2008)
[Intro]
D G A
D G A
D G A
D
[Chorus]
D G A D G A
I don't know why, I don't know why
D G A D G A
I don't know why it takes so long
[Verse]
D G A D G A
I cut my hair, I grow it back
D G A D G A
First the thought and then the act
D A G
To think a plant up towards the sun
E G A D
It can't be done, it can't be done
[Chorus]
D G A D G A
I don't know why, I don't know why
D G A D G A
I don't know why it takes so long
[Verse]
D G A D G A
I see you now, I saw you then
D G A D G A
I know you more, and different
Bm A G
I can't contain it, still complain
E G A D
Love's a weed, trust is rain
[Chorus]
D G A D G A
I don't know why, I don't know why
D G A D G A
I don't know why it takes so long
D G A D G A
I don't know why, I don't know why
D G A D G A
I don't know why it takes so long
[Bridge]
G A
In a moment wings unfurl
G A
A butterfly, a little girl
G A
Star pieces fall to the ground
G A
Streaks of light, just tonight
[Instrumental]
D G A
D G A
D G A
D
[Verse]
D G A D G A
Sam and Libby, Lib and Sam
D G A D G A
Made a little one of them
Bm A G
A baby's born a man to die
E G A D
I don't know why, I don't know why
[Chorus]
D G A D G A
I don't know why, I don't know why
D G A D
I don't know why it takes so long
G A D
It takes so long
G A D
It takes so long
G A D
It takes so long