Tell Me Why

She turned fifteen with great expectations
Her older brother knew somethin?was up
He caught her going through his record collection
Lookin?at hendricks like a love sick pup
She begged and she pleaded ‘till dad finally listened
He drove her in the car down to sears roebuck
He bought her that guitar and that was the beginning
Now she’s down in the cellar with the amp turned up

Girls with guitars
Daddy’s little angel
Girls with guitars
What’s the world coming to?
Girls with guitars
Mothers tend to worry about
Girls with guitars

Well, saturday nights she followed her brother
It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor
While everybody danced to garage band covers
She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
She didn’t care at all for the football heroes
She didn’t even notice the basketball stars
Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeroes
Except for the ones that played that guitar

Girls with guitars
She wasn’t any debutante
Girls with guitars
She didn’t go out for cheerleading
Girls with guitars
Boys are kinda nervous ‘round
Girls with guitars

She went off to college, she got her degree
Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief
Daddy’s thinking law school, mother’s thinking medicine
Daughter's thinking how she’s gonna break the news to them

Now there’s an old chevy van just sitting in the driveway
Filled to the gills with all her stuff
She cut a deal with her brother to drive up the highway
Figures new york city is close enough
She gets the audition through a friend of a friend
Who’s checking out her legs saying, "this will never work!"
She flips on her boogie and turns to the band
Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk

Girls with guitars
Now everybody’s rockin?br> girls with guitars
There ought to be a song about
Girls with guitars
There’s just no stopping those
Girls with guitars

Get your money for nothin?and your guys for free

That's the same engine under the hood
Carried young elvis to hollywood
Been cross country a time or two
And look at it now, it's just like new
He had a weakness for cadillacs
A girl in the front and his friends in the back
That's the original paint job too
And look at it now, it's just like new

Elvis was happy, he felt pretty good
Here he was drivin' to hollywood
Gassin' it up and pushin' it through
And look at it now, it's just like new
According to one of elvis's friends
He took it up to a hundred and ten
He just wanted to see what his caddy would do
And look at it now, it's just like new

And my, my what a beautiful machine
Oh boy, it rides just like a dream
Just think of all that it's been through
And look at it now, it's just like new

He drove it to memphis come christmas time
Weather so fair, the future so fine
Say, mama them girls ain't as pretty as you
Look at her daddy, she's just like new
Elvis was always a dutiful child
And here everybody was thinkin' he's wild
He bought his folks a cadillac too
And look at it now, it's just like new

Tell me when i can open my eyes
I don’t want to watch you walk out that door
There’s no easy way to get through goodbye
I’d probably try and talk you into staying once more

Or i’d lie and say it’s all for the best
Wish you luck and say i have no regrets
But i’m not up to being strong
So i’ll wait until you're gone
Is it over yet, is it over yet?

A taxi’s waiting in the driveway for you
You call my name, i guess your ready to leave
I’d like to help you with a suitcase or two
But i’m afraid i’m gonna wind up down on my knees

I should tell you that i want you to go
I really need to spend some time on my own
Smile and say goodbye
So you don’t see me dying inside
Is it over yet, is it over yet?

I should lie and say it’s all for the best
Wish you luck and say i have no regrets
But i’m not up to being strong
So i’ll wait until your gone
Is it over yet, is it over yet?

I have sailed a boat or two
Out on the wild blue
Yonder to dreams that rarely come true
As far as i can see
From the island of green
I can put my trust in just one thing

(chorus)

And only love sails straight from the harbor
And only love will lead us to the other shore
Out of all the flags i've flown
One flies high and stands alone
Only love

Peaceful waters, raging sea
It’s all the same to me
I can close my eyes and still be free
When the waves come crashing down
And the thunder rolls around
I can feel my feet on solid ground

(repeat chorus)

When you hit rock bottom
You've got two ways to go
Straight up
And sideways
I have seen my share of hard times
And i’m letting you know
Straight up
Is my way

Things are tough all over
But i've got good news
When you get down to nothing
You've got nothing to lose
I was born naked
But i’m glory bound
And a dead end street
Is just a place to turn around

(chorus)

When the sky is the limit
Up on easy street
Rock bottom
Ain’t no place to be
Rock bottom
Ain’t no place for me

When the law of the jungle
Is the law of the land
Good luck
Stayin?alive
I keep a clinched fist under
This hat in my hand
‘cause only the strong survive

Things are tough all over
But i've got good news
When you get down to nothin?br> you've got nothin?to lose
Anyway, rock bottom
Is good solid ground
And a dead end street
Is just a place to turn around

When the sky is the limit
Up on easy street
Rock bottom
Ain’t no place to be
Rock bottom
Ain't no place for me