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Amanda Rivera
Why?
Why do I sit here in sorrow remain?
Why am I left here with all this pain?
Why did they leave me standing in the rain?
Why do they say I'm going insane?
Why does my life seem so plain?
Why, oh why does it have to be me?
Why can't they just let me be?
Can't I have just one sip of tea?
Why do they say success is the key?
Why aren't I as calm as the sea?
Why do my parents say "maybe?"
Why can't they all shut up?
Why do they need a cup?
Why don't they stay away?
Why does today have to be a weekday?
Why do they do this to us?
Why do they say we must?
Why do people cuss when they express themselves
Why aren't you here with me?
Why do you have to be where you wanna be?
Why won't anyone tell me?
Why can't you be where I am?
Why doesn't Sam I am want green eggs and ham?
Why does it have to be a secret?
Why do they treat me like a puppet?
Why did God say "Let there be light?"
Why do they say it was a beautiful sight?
Why do I have the feeling they are right?
Why does the sun hang so bright?
Why do big sisters say they might?
Why did they teach me how to write?
Why do I keep asking "Why?"
Why doesn't it do anything . . . but make me cry?
Why does the world have to spin?
Why is the world all about sex, drugs, and sin?