Gordon Lightfoot - Wherefore Why Lyrics

When I woke this mornin, something inside of me told me this would be my day

I heard the morning train, I felt the wind change, too many times Im on my way

Come on sunshine, what can you show me

Where can you take me to make me understand

The wind can shake me, brothers forsake me

The rain can touch me, but can I touch the rain



And then I saw the sunrise above the cotton sky like a candycane delight

I saw the milkman, I saw the business man, I saw the only road in sight

Then I got to thinkin what makes you want to go, to know the wherefore and the why

So many times now, oh lord I cant remember if its september or july



Then all at once it came to me, I saw the wherefore, and you can see it if you try

Its in the sun above, its in the one you love, youll never know the reason why



Come on sunshine, what can you show me

Where can you take me to make me understand

The wind can shake me, brothers forsake me

The rain can touch me, but can I touch the rain

So much to lose, so much to gain