Released: December 9, 1989
Songwriter: Lewis Martineé
Producer: Lewis Martineé
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
Echoes thunder almost every night
Why this prison if we're all alike?
Look around you, look at all your friends
Tell me, are they just what they pretend?
Listen to my story if you have the time
Yes, we'll make the difference if we really try
Listen, everybody, and start to make it right
One and all together, feel it from inside
CHORUS:
Tell me why it echoes every night
Why we fight just to find who's wrong or right
Don't let it slide, you can't run and hide
Tell me why, oh, won't you please tell me why?
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
Give me a reason for all this senseless crime
We can change it, why they have to die
Think of the children, tomorrow's their future
Don't make them feel it's just another day
Tell me, anybody, why can't we live together
End all the fighting, erase it all forever?
Listen for this reason before it gets too late
Soon, there will be no one, no one left to hate
CHORUS
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
So, tell me, anybody, why can't we live together
End all the fighting, erase it all forever?
Listen for this reason before it gets too late
Soon, there will be no one, no one left to hate
CHORUS (2x)
Games are not where it's at
Give it up, no time for that
Imagine people, hand in hand
No more fighting in this land
Red, yellow, black, or white
Colors don't make up what's right
Come with me and see the light
We can start the peace tonight
Make the music fill your life
Now's the time to realize
Don't be living in a lie
Can't you hear the people's cry?
Can't you hear the people's cry?
(fade out)
(Oh oh oh oh)
Echoes thunder almost every night
Why this prison if we're all alike?
Look around you, look at all your friends
Tell me, are they just what they pretend?
Listen to my story if you have the time
Yes, we'll make the difference if we really try
Listen, everybody, and start to make it right
One and all together, feel it from inside
CHORUS:
Tell me why it echoes every night
Why we fight just to find who's wrong or right
Don't let it slide, you can't run and hide
Tell me why, oh, won't you please tell me why?
(Oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh oh oh)
Give me a reason for all this senseless crime
We can change it, why they have to die
Think of the children, tomorrow's their future
Don't make them feel it's just another day
Tell me, anybody, why can't we live together
End all the fighting, erase it all forever?
Listen for this reason before it gets too late
Soon, there will be no one, no one left to hate
CHORUS
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
Oh oh oh oh, tell me, tell me why
INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE
So, tell me, anybody, why can't we live together
End all the fighting, erase it all forever?
Listen for this reason before it gets too late
Soon, there will be no one, no one left to hate
CHORUS (2x)
Games are not where it's at
Give it up, no time for that
Imagine people, hand in hand
No more fighting in this land
Red, yellow, black, or white
Colors don't make up what's right
Come with me and see the light
We can start the peace tonight
Make the music fill your life
Now's the time to realize
Don't be living in a lie
Can't you hear the people's cry?
Can't you hear the people's cry?
(fade out)
more tracks from the album
Greatest Hits
- When I Looked at Him
- Seasons Change
- Point of No Return
- Come Go With Me
- I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me
- Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue
- What You Don’t Know
- Point of No Return (Remix)
- Exposed to Love
- Come Go with Me (Remix)
- The End of the World
- Tell Me Why
- I’ll Say Goodbye For The Two Of Us
- Let Me Be the One
From the albums
- What You Don’t Know (1989)
- Greatest Hits (1995)
Exposé popular songs
- Point of No Return
- I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me
- Seasons Change
- Let Me Be the One
- Give Me All Your Love
- Love Don’t Hurt (Until You Fall)
- I Think I’m in Trouble
- As Long as I Can Dream
- Brawl
- I Know You Know
- School Days
- What You Don’t Know
- You Don’t Know What You Got
- When I Looked at Him (Suave Mix)
- White Gunn
- Black Gunn
- Let Me Down Easy
- Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue
- What You Don’t Know (In Effect Mix)
- Still Hung Up on You
- Love Is Our Destiny
- This Time Around
- Touch and Go
- I Wish the Phone Would Ring