From the recording A Heart for the World

Lyrics

Tell me why, cherry pie, oh tell me why
Everything’s on fire it seems everyone’s throwing gasoline.
Still the breeze makes you smile and sing your own song for a while
Tell me why, cherry pie, tell me why.

Tell me why, cherry pie, oh tell me why,
The poets hide and try to forget with whiskey and a cigarette.
Still the sunshine makes you play, counting clouds that drift away.
Tell me why, cherry pie, tell me why.

Does a voice you once knew whisper to you in the morning?
Do the words that you hear, that echo in your ear, sound like a warning:
Will you be the one who’ll leave a heart for all the world to see?

Tell me why, cherry pie, oh tell me why,
The prophets have nothing left to say and no one’s listening anyway.
Still the moonlight makes you dance and give the world another chance.
Tell me why, cherry pie, tell me why.

Does a voice you once knew whisper to you in the morning?
Do the words that you hear, that echo in your ear, sound like a warning:
Will you be the one who’ll leave a heart for all the world to see?
Will you be the one who’ll leave a heart for all the world to see?