Why-O-Garland Jeffreys

[ti:Why-O] [ar:Garland Jeffreys] [al:Ghost Writer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Why-O - Garland Jeffreys [00:15.35]If I were a little black boy [00:17.38]Say five years old [00:19.58] [00:22.08]I'd ask my mommy please [00:25.17]What's goin' on [00:27.10] [00:29.48]And if I were a little white girl [00:32.32]Say six years old [00:34.23] [00:36.88]I'd beg my daddy please [00:39.66]Do I belong [00:42.33] [00:43.87]Tell me why-o [00:45.90] [00:47.54]Tell me why tell me [00:51.17]Tell me why-o [00:53.52] [00:55.09]Tell why-o won't you tell me [00:58.03] [00:59.38]Oh the governor tell me [01:00.95] [01:01.67]Sonny boy [01:03.40]If you want to stay with us [01:06.04] [01:06.70]You must ride to school [01:08.57]On Monday son [01:10.77]In a big black bus [01:13.13] [01:14.18]Oh the governor tell me girlie [01:17.57]You must stay in school you must [01:20.94] [01:21.63]You must ride to school on Tuesday [01:24.59]Now don't ja make a fuss [01:28.86]Tell me why-o [01:30.07] [01:32.41]Tell me why tell me [01:36.20]Tell me why-o [01:38.35] [01:39.99]Tell why-o won't you tell me [01:42.72] [01:44.23]Oh if I were a little black boy [01:47.36]I'd be so confused [01:49.40] [01:51.75]I'd feel a pain inside my heart [01:55.53] [01:56.49]I'd feel so much abuse [01:58.51] [01:59.28]And I were a little white girl [02:01.95]I'd be so uptight [02:04.11] [02:06.91]'Cause there's trouble in the U S A [02:10.15] [02:10.78]It's as clear as black and white [02:13.90]Tell me why-o [02:15.23] [02:17.59]Tell me why tell me tell me why-o [02:23.50] [02:25.15]Tell me why tell me tell me why-o [02:31.00] [02:31.84]Why-o why-o won't you tell me [02:35.58] [02:36.37]Tell me why-o [02:37.60] [02:40.15]Tell me why oh now oh now [02:43.84]Why there trouble down [02:45.97]In Boston Town [02:48.01] [02:51.56]Why there trouble South in Louisville [02:55.61] [02:59.11]Why there trouble up in Detroit now [03:03.59] [03:06.26]Why there trouble out in L A now [03:11.10] [03:14.25]Why there trouble here [03:16.47]In New York Town [03:18.81] [03:20.88]Trouble in my home town [03:23.89] [03:24.78]Trouble in my home town [03:27.51] [03:28.47]Trouble in my home town [03:31.32] [03:32.20]Trouble in my home town