Don't Ask Me Why

 

Don't Ask Me Why

(Don't Pass Me By)

 

I’m living in a nursing home

In a room all by myself

I’m living in a nursing home

Where they put you on the shelf

Waiting for me to shuffle off

From this mortal coil

It doesn’t happen,

Does it mean it’s gonna happen in a while?

 

I can’t hear the clock ticking,

On the mantel shelf

Can’t see the hands moving,

And I'm by myself

I wonder where I am tonight,

And why I'm by myself

I don't see you,

Does it mean I don’t remember anymore?

 

Don't ask me why, I don’t know why, it makes me blue

'Cause you know darling, I can’t remember  you

You'll never know it hurt me so,

I hate to see you go

Don't ask me why, it makes me cry

 

I need pills to sleep at night,

I’m in daily care

I’ve lost my teeth and my mind

I’ve also lost my hair

Apparently, you left me here

About a day or two.

I said, I don’t know what I’m doing here,

And I don’t remember who are you”

 

Don't ask me why, I don’t know why, it makes me blue

'Cause you know darling, I can’t remember  you

You'll never know it hurt me so,

I hate to see you go

Don't ask me why, it makes me cry

 

Don't ask me why, I don’t know why, it makes me blue

'Cause you know darling, I can’t remember  you

You'll never know it hurt me so,

I hate to see you go

Don't ask me why, it makes me cry