Amii Stewart

Songwriter: Annie Lennox

Producer: Mario Natale

How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done
But when I start to try to tell you
That's when you have to tell me

Hey... this kind of trouble's only just begun
I tell myself too many times
Why don't you ever learn to keep your big mouth shut

That's why it hurts so bad to hear the words
That keep on falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth
Falling from your mouth

Tell me...
Why
Why

I may be mad
I may be blind
I may be viciously unkind
But I can still read what you're thinking

And I've heard is said too many times
That you'd be better off
Besides...
Why can't you see this boat is sinking
(This boat is sinking this boat is sinking)

Let's go down to the water's edge
And we can cast away those doubts
Some things are better left unsaid
But they still turn me inside out
Turning inside out turning inside out

Tell me...
Why
Tell me...
Why

This is the book I never read
These are the words I never said
This is the path I'll never tread
These are the dreams I'll dream instead
This is the joy that's seldom spread

These are the tears...
The tears we shed
This is the fear
This is the dread

These are the contents of my head
And these are the years that we have spent
And this is what they represent
And this is how I feel
Do you know how I feel?

'Cause I don't think you know how I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
I don't think you know what I feel
You don't know what I feel

Amii Stewart (born Amy Paulette Stewart) was a dancer who dropped out of college to perform with the DC Repertory Dance Company. While starring in the musical Bubbling Brown Sugar in London, she recorded songs with disco producer Barry Leng at his request.

Her first single, a cover of the 1966 Eddie Floyd hit “Knock on Wood” became an international smash in 1979. It topped the US Pop Chart, was certified Platinum in less than a year and earned her a Grammy nomination.

Its success sent Stewart’s debut album of the same name into the top 20 in the US and she instantly became famous for her outrageous costumes that were made by a female German designer. Three months later, her ‘disco-thump’ reinterpretation of The Doors' “Light My Fire” became a top 40 hit in six countries overseas including a #5 peak in the UK, her highest to date there (it was a minor hit in the US).

From the album

Lady to Ladies (1994)

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