Why Not?

Shouldn't fade out

Imaginative technique

(The news has caught you)

You and my emotions

They say we got in trouble

I tried to be the real one

(Yeah)

By the minute, by the hour

Hey, what are you afraid of?

You shouldn't be so afraid to be afraid

So won't you say don't be afraid?

You shouldn't be so afraid to be afraid

So won't you say don't be afraid?

You couldn't get it if you tried, man

You couldn't buy it if you had a million dollars

And if you were a rich man (Yeah)

All the younger people say you're rock and rollers

You gotta stop

(Why not?)

(Why not?) Say, say, say, say, say, say, say

Say, say, say what, say what (Why not?)

You gotta stop

(Why not?) Say, say, say, say, say, say, say

Say, say, say what, say what (Why not?)

Shouldn't fade out

Imaginative technique

Put your records on sade

Shouldn't be so afraid to lock

Tick tock on your sentence

Said you're livin' your life in place

I know you have got a lot of things

I know you, and you're livin' in shit, no pot to piss in

They came for

You optimists, you losers

You activists

Who do you fight for?

You shouldn't be so afraid to be afraid

So won't you say don't be afraid?

You couldn't get it if you tried, man

You couldn't buy it if you had a million dollars

And if you were a rich man

Oh, the younger people say you're rock and rollers

You gotta stop

(Why not?)

(Why not?) Say, say, say, say, say, say, say

Say, say, say what, say what (Why not?)

You gotta stop

(Why not?)

Oh, you couldn't have it if you tried a millions ways

You couldn't see it if you why'd a million changes

And if you were rich

Then you could probably say, "They all are poorer"

You gotta stop (Why not?)

You gotta stop (Why not?)

(Why not?)

(Why not?)