Why Must I Be Sad?

by They Might Be Giants

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Lyrics

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)