I don't know why, I don't know why 
I don't know why it takes so long 

I cut my hair, I grow it back 
First the thought and then the act 
To think a plant up towards the sun 
It can't be done, it can't be done 

I don't know why, I don't know why 
I don't know why it takes so long 

I see you now, I saw you then 
I know you more, and different 
I can't contain it, [bad word] 
Love's a weed, [bad word] is rain 

I don't know why, I don't know why 
I don't know why it takes so long 
I don't know why, I don't know why 
I don't know why it takes so long 

In a moment wings unfurl 
butterfly, a little girl 
Star pieces fall to the ground 
Streaks of light, just tonight 

Sam and Libby, Lib and Sam 
Made a little one of them 
baby's born a man to die 
I don't know why, I don't know why 

I don't know why, I don't know why 
I don't know why it takes so long 
It takes so long 
It takes so long 
It takes so long