Why

© 2013 Mark Cote

strangers know your name
costumes all the same
as you bleed of past regrets

mask says glad you came
it's a repetitious game
and a life you can't forget

(chorus)  as life goes slipping by
                  always asking why
                  why the path in life has changed
                  as you rearrange
                  and now always asking why
                  why the dreams you had have died
                  and all you ask is why

little boy had dreams
only in his teens
a road now through the vast unknown

on a fated night
a drunkard took his sight
on a dark and lonely road

now what would he do
little boy dreams fell through
he was only walking home

(chorus)

hours that clock yesterday
won't melt memories away
all one can do is go on

It can tear you all apart
if you look deep in his heart
so he hides within the pink and purple dawn

(chorus)