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Big Thief & Mary Elizabeth Remington
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“I Wanna Know Why” is a song that was originally recorded by Adrianne’s band in 2012 for an EP but it was never widely released. It was performed at early Big Thief shows and the solo performance on this cassette is the first widely available recording of the song.
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[Avant-Garde Effects]
[Verse 1]
Joni sang me a story
Misty-eyed train ride New York rain
In the morning
Time's not ticking, it's pouring
Each tock like a drop of the melting sun
Sun warming
[Chorus]
Well some tired ghost came by
Didn't even try
You were out waving goodbye
With arms open wide to the sky
Oh my love, I want to know why
Why you call to me this way
[Verse 2]
Come on, come to me, my love
Fast on the arms of the eastern light
Through the window
Now I am trying to forgive you
But nothing I ever do takes you
Brings you back
[Chorus]
Well some tired ghost came by
Didn't even try
You were out waving goodbye
With arms open wide to the sky
Oh my love, I want to know why
My love, I want to know why
My love I want to know
Why you call to me this way
[Avant-Garde Effects]
[Spoken]
I should just sell that to Nashville
Was that, was that it?
It's the second of the A
And the chord before it
I Wanna Know Why (Wide Winged Bird Version) was written by Big Thief & Twain.
Big Thief released I Wanna Know Why (Wide Winged Bird Version) on Tue May 01 2018.