Why not me (w/ band)
This version was recorded on Tape 16, an app that forces me to practice… a LOT. It doesn’t let you edit your recording… it just emulates perfectly a 1980s reel to reel tape recorder. You really have to know what your arrangement is when you start and you commit to choices early. By contrast, I have an AI recorded version here.
So it seems that the teams are all picked
And I’m the last of the cans that you kicked
But I can write a melody
And I can strum three chords and sing in key
So tell me why, why not me
It’s funny that you say we’re alive
And it’s sad cause you know it’s a lie
Crazy how we tell ourselves a story about all our stupid why’s
Well here’s one more, why not I
Why is irrelevant, ask me Who and How
Where is your reverence for the here and now
Which room has The Elephant, who’s your sacred cow
How many pray for one day of your pain
You say that the world is a mess
But I betcha that you have to confess
The one who quits before it’s through
Looks a little bit like you know who
So tell me why, why not you
But you just kept bitchin’ at the gig last night
Crying cause it didn’t seem right
You ask me why I don’t agree
You got no pot to piss in cant you see
Now we know why, why not we
Why is irrelevant, ask me who and how
Where is your reverence for the here and now
Which room has The Elephant, who’s your sacred cow
How many pray for one day of your pain
So when it seems that the teams are all picked
And you’re the last of the cans that they kicked
Go and write a melody
Strum your chords and sing that song in key
Tell ‘em why, Wynonna why, why the hell not me
