In my dream, children singna song of love for every boy and girlnthe sky is blue and fields are greennand laughter is the language of the worldnthen I wake and all I seenis a world full of people in neednnchorus:ntell me why(why) does it have to be like this?nTell me why (why) is there something I have missed?nTell me why (why) cos I don't understandnwhen so many need somebodynwe don't give a helping handntell me why?nnEveryday I ask myselfnwhat will I have to do to be a man?nDo I have to stand and fightnto prove to everybody who I am?nIs that what my life is fornto waste in a world full of war?nnChorus: nn(children) tell me why? (Declan) tell me why?n(Children) tell me why? (Declan) tell me why?n(Together) just tell me why, why, why?nnchorus:nnchorus chant:ntell me why (why, why, does the tiger run)ntell me why(why why do we shoot the gun)ntell me why (why, why do we never learn)ncan someone tell us why we let the forest burn?n( why, why do we say we care)ntell me why (why, why do we stand and stare)ntell me why(why ,why do the dolphins cry)ncan some one tell us why we let the ocean die?n( why, why if we're all the same)ntell me why(why, why do we pass the blame)ntell me why (why, why does it never end)ncan some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?nwhy, whynn