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Somebody Tell Me Why
"Somebody Tell Me Why" | |||||
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Demo by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
Album | Alone VI: The Black Room | ||||
Released | November 22, 2020 | ||||
Recorded | December 1999 | ||||
Length | 3:49 | ||||
Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
RC# | 416 | ||||
COR# | 112 | ||||
Rivers Cuomo song chronology | |||||
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"Somebody Tell Me Why" is a song by Rivers Cuomo.
Appearances
- Alone VI: The Black Room (2020)
Overview
"Somebody Tell Me Why" was recorded by Cuomo while living at an apartment on Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles in December of 1999.[1] The song was first heard when it was released as part of the digital compilation Alone VI: The Black Room in 2020.
Known recordings
Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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Rivers Cuomo | Somebody Tell Me Why | 112 Somebody Tell Me Why.mp3 | December 2000 | ? | 0:50 | Alone VI: The Black Room | Truncated version of "112 Somebody Tell Me Why 2.MP3" |
Rivers Cuomo | Somebody Tell Me Why | 112 Somebody Tell Me Why 2.MP3 | December 2000 | ? | 3:49 | Alone VI: The Black Room |
Lyrics
Somebody tell me why
I don't really want to die
Feelings in my head
When I wake up dead
Make me really want to cry
Somebody help me out
I don't want to scream or shout
The pain I feel inside
On the day I die
Really tends to freak me out
Can I stay awake with you?
Cook and sew and bake with you
Lay my head down at your shoe
And sigh my tears away
To come another day
Somebody tell me why
I don't really want to die
Get myself some sleep
Dinner I can eat
Never let the paper show
Somebody tell me how
I can milk a brand-new cow
Feelings in my head
When I wake up dead
Make me really want to cry
Can I stay awake with you?
Cook and sew and bake with you
Lay my head down at your shoe
And sigh my tears away
To come another day
Somebody tell me why
I don't really want to die
Feelings in my head
When I wake up dead
Make me really want to cry
Somebody help me out
I don't want to scream and shout
The pain I feel inside
On the day I die
Really tends to freak me out
Can I stay awake with you?
Cook and sew and bake with you
Lay my head down at your shoe
And sigh my tears away
To come another day
Somebody tell me why
Somebody tell me why