WHY DO YOU BOTHER AT ALL
Copyright ©
Susan Werner and Shirley Eikhart
Description: Piano
Last Saturday night
I bought us the tickets
Third row at Carnegie Hall
You arrived just in time
For the standing ovation
Why do you bother at all
That Sunday it was
I fixed up your favourites
Lobster with Shrimp Provencal
And you waltz in at ten
Saying, "I've got the coffee"
Why do you bother at all
Once we were in love
Once we had a future
But it's getting hard to conceive it
You said I was the one
You said you were so sure
But it's getting hard to believe it
Just two weeks ago
You cancelled vacation
Said your guru needs you in Nepal
So you flew to Bombay
Hey but thanks for the postcard
Why do you bother at all
You said I was the one
You said you were so sure
But it's getting hard to believe it
And finally last night
You noticed the difference
I left the armoire in the hall
And now you're on the phone
Saying oh how you miss me
Why do you bother at all
Why do you bother
Why do you bother
Why do you bother at all
[September 1999]