Why Must I Be Sad, lyric by They Might Be Giants

from the songs album John Henry

No more mister nice guy
I love the dead
I've been thinking about it
Now i understand what he said

Ask me now
I understand the words that alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sun
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Why must i be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
Why must i be sad? (sad, sad, sad)
(sad, sad, sad)

No one knows these things but me and him
So i'm writing everything down in a spiral notebook
In the hopes that one day
Other people will feel as low as this

Ask me now
I understand the words that alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sun
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Why must i be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
Why must i be sad? (sad, sad, sad)

No more mister nice guy
I love the dead
I've been thinking about it
Now i understand what he said

Ask me now
I understand the words that alice said
I kick the rocks beneath me
I squint at the sun
Sad, sad, sad, sad
Why must i be sad?
The rows of dandelions growing all around me
Why must i be sad? (welcome to my nightmare / dead)
Why must i be sad? (babies / raped and freezin' / you)
Why must i be sad? (drive me nervous / elected /)
Why must i be sad? (generation landslide / un)
Why must i be sad? (der my wheels / muscle of love /)
Why must i be sad? (school's out / only women bleed /)
Why must i be sad? (billion dollar babies)
Why must i be sad? (sad, sad, sad)
(sad, sad, sad)
(sad, sad, sad)
(sad, sad)