his
father while serving this country
This is a subject he nev
er understood
Then why do we live here in poverty,
in this rundown neighbor hood?
He always says, why me?
Mom, I know you taught me right,
why me?
But you seem to stay uptight,
why me?
The answer's never easy,
but still you try so hard to please me, yeah
I worked two jobs to keep food on the table,
nothing he needed was enough
Night after night I wondered how would I be able,
to keep the truth from him when he's so dissat isfied, all the time he can't
Why me?
Why do I have to live this way?
Why me?
There has to be a better day
Why me?
If I only had my dad
This country on me,
they'd take it as a hat
Yeah
It must have been too much for him
My phone rang late one night
I recall a saying
Ma 'am, we got your boy down here
The truth was coming to the light
He said they took my dad and
now I've taken from them
And I don't think that's a crime
My heart was heavy as I cried after him
Son, can you forgive me?
I've been lying all the time
I thought I was
God and what was mine
Why me?
I did all that I could do
Why me?
I wanted to spare this all from you
Why me?
I might die and go to hell,
but I told a lie
Your dad is in jail, why me?
You just don't understand, why me?
I lost my son and my land, why me?
All this life I have pretended
Now just look at me and you'll
see how it's ended
Why me?
Why did it all happen to me?
Why me?
You got me here in misery
Why me? I can't even go as planned
When I look at this, give me to stay in jail
Why me? I got no reason to go home
Why me? I gotta live my life alone
Why me?
It was the truth I never punished
But now it's me,
I'm the one who's being punished
Why me?
Tell me, why me?
Why me,