Why

Carla Bley

GINGER (given over to His Friends):
Why
Has never been
Too good to you
So you show aloud
What why
Never did for you
And wait
Star bright
Star bright
Where is the night?

His friends:
We get our water
And you get yours

Ginger:
David
Lying there chewing
In bed a string
Knotted about his neck
What is there
For an escalator
To bring to him?
His fears
As unnatural
As he was able
His mind
A chair
Looking
For the table
His stomach full of worms
His head full of

Ginger and his friends:
Other people's stomachs

His friends:
Here comes the lamb

Ginger:
Nurses dyeing their hair
Don't care
If the horse is locked
The house still there
It doesn't seem
To matter to them
The traces
Of horses
And pineapple
And cheese
So many ingredients
In the soup

HIS FRIENDS (on their sides):
No room for a spoon

Dreams as long as roads

Ginger:
Don't let no five and dime baby
Wreck your million dollar heart
Your million dollar heart!

Trivia about the song Why by Carla Bley

When was the song “Why” released by Carla Bley?
The song Why was released in 1971, on the album “Escalator Over the Hill”.

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