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Music Trivia -> Same Title, Different Song -> Tell Me Why

There's only so many unique two word or three word titles that can be invented before groups begin to recycle titles. There's nothing wrong with that of course, but it can be confusing if you're trying to sort out what song is a cover of another song. This section lists songs with identical titles, but different lyrics. To help us keep track of which songs are which, the first two lines of each unique song are listed.

"Tell Me Why"

The following are all the different songs that are titled "Tell Me Why". Check out the index for more examples of songs that have Same Title, but a Different Song.

Tell Me Why you cry
And why you lie to me
Submitted by: S. Tim Wood
Tell me why, though I try to forget
Tell me why, why I think of you yet
Submitted by: Robert Jon Brown
Every time I look at someone new
Tell me why I think of you
Submitted by: Don Mansfield
Echoes thunder almost every night
Why this prison if we're all alike?
Submitted by: Mickey D.
Tell Me Why I keep fooling my heart
When I know it was love from the start
Submitted by: S. Tim Wood
All night long I walk the floor
I don't think I can take much more
Submitted by: William Ransom
Mothers crying in the street
Children dying at their feet
Submitted by: Cody Finke
James McCleese
Teardrops on my pillow
I know they're soaking wet
Submitted by: Robert Jon Brown
Although I'll never deserve it
I realize that you will give me all of your love
Submitted by: Jonathan S.
You won't gimmie no mo'
You won't gimmie no mo'
Submitted by: xxxpress
Tell me why say goodbye when a love like this
Has been strong for so long, it was something I missed?
Submitted by: Cody Finke
Sailing heart-ships through broken harbors
Out on the waves in the night
Submitted by: Steven G.
I don't really Know
Oh I don't understand
Submitted by: Pablo L.
We could have had it all
But you turned your back
Submitted by: xxxpress
I took a chance, I took a shot
And you might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not
Submitted by: Emma L
Hey Mr. God can you tell me what's
Wrong with my life and all of its confusions
Submitted by: Franka
I've been losing myself beneath this, so much broken by the rain
Nothing can take my mind off how to make them pay
Submitted by: Todd W. Zimmerman
Everywhere I look the sun is shinning
But it's always raining here inside
Submitted by: William Ransom

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