Name: Why, Oh Papa, Why
Duration: P00H03M14S
Description: Written and performed by John Bahler. This is the one song that I can play and people will hunt me down to tell me it meant something to them. It's always an honor to perform it.

Why, Oh Papa, Why

from He Fell from the Moon to the Earth by John Bahler

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Written and performed by John Bahler. This is the one song that I can play and people will hunt me down to tell me it meant something to them. It's always an honor to perform it.

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Why, oh papa, why does our love run dry?
Why does youthful lust crumble into dust?

My son, you would not believe
how beautiful a woman can be,
how sweet every smile and every tear,
till you've loved her down through the years

Time Flies
Lines surround her eyes with the weight of life

My son, you would not believe
how beautiful a woman can be,
how sweet every smile and every tear,
till you've loved her down through the years

Who can tell me this: why does love exist?
Life's so much the worse with its burning curse

My son, you would not believe
how beautiful a woman can be,
how sweet every smile and every tear,
till you've loved her down through the years

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from He Fell from the Moon to the Earth, released April 16, 2014

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