Lyrics

VERSE
When times are tough
Tough times are tougher still
When no one's there to lend a hand
There's never quite enough
And every single dollar bill
Gets stretched just like a rubber band


The kids ask is daddy ever coming back?
Do you think that he still cares?
You sing your lullabies
You let 'em cry their cries
Then you raise your eyes
And ask the man upstairs


CHORUS
Why me? Why now?
Why do I deserve this fate?
Broken dreams, broken vow
I'm too tired to retaliate


Wish I could start my whole life over
But I'm afraid it's way too late
Why me? Why now?
Nobody gives a damn anyhow
Why me?


VERSE
At the crack of dawn
Throw some makeup on
Begin another dead-end day
Got a moody boss
He gets mighty cross
But I got a million bills to pay


Then a single phone ring
Changes everything
A teacher callin' me from school


Your baby took a fall
Off a playground wall
Hit her head on a rock
You know we're all in shock


The ambulance is here.
They broke out all their gear
Doing all they can do
But not sure she'll pull through


CHORUS
Why me? Why now?
Why do I deserve this fate?
Broken dreams, broken vow
I'm too tired to retaliate.


Wish I could start my whole life over
But I'm afraid it's way too late
Why me? Why now?
Nobody gives a damn anyhow.
Why me?


BRIDGE
By the time I finally got there
I was ready for the worst
One more dose of hopeless heartbreak
One more way my life's been cursed
But when she ran up, soaked and muddy
Smiling through her tears
I had a very different question
Than the one I’d asked for years


CHORUS
Why me? Why now?
Why do I deserve this fate?
How was I blind to all I'm blessed with?
I just pray it's not too late


I thought my life was hell this morning
But tonight I wouldn’t change a thing
Why me? Why now?
'Cause I'm gonna make it somehow
That's why me


I'm gonna make it
That's what I'll do
That's why me
And if you keep fighting
That's why you...