Why Must I Always Explain? Lyrics - Van Morrison

Have to toe the line, I've got to make the most 

Spent all the years going from pillar to post 

Now, I'm standing on the outside and I'm waitin' in the rain 

Tell me, why must I always explain? 

Bared my soul to the crowd, eh but oh, what the cost? 

Most of them laughed out loud like nothing's been lost 

There were hypocrites and parasites and people that drain 

Tell me, why must I always explain? 

Why, why must I always explain? 

Over and over, over again 

It's just a job you know and it's not sweet Lorraine 

Tell me, why must I always explain? Alright 

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Well, I get up in the morning and I get my brief 

I go out and stare at the world in complete disbelief 

It's not righteous indignation that makes me complain 

It's the fact that I always have to explain 

I can't be everywhere at once, there's always somebody to see 

And I never turned out to be the person that you wanted me to be 

And I tell you who I am, time and time and time again 

Tell me, why must I always explain? 

Well, it's out on the highway and it's on with the show 

Always telling people things, they're too lazy to know 

It can make you crazy, yeah, it can drive you insane 

Tell me, why must I always explain?