Tell Me Why 童声质问《告诉我为什么》

In my dream,children sing a song of love for every boy and girl
The sky is blue and fields are green: And laughter is the language of the world
Then i wake and all i see is a world full of people in need

Chorus:
Tell me why(why) does it have to be like this?
Tell me why (why) is there something i have missed?
Tell me why (why) 'cause i don't understand
When so many need somebody
We don't give a helping hand Tell me why?

Everyday i ask myself
What will i have to do to be a man?
Do i have to stand and fight
To prove to everybody who i am?
Is that what my life is for
To waste in a world full of war?

chorus:
(children)tell me why?(declan)tell me why?
(children)tell me why?(declan)tell me why?
(together) just tell me why, why, why?
chorus:
chorus chant:
Tell me why (why,why,does the tiger run)
Tell me why(why why do we shoot the gun)
Tell me why (why,why do we never learn)
Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn?
(why,why do we say we care)
Tell me why(why,why do we stand and stare)
Tell me why(why,why do the dolphins cry)
Can some one tell us why we let the ocean die?
(why,why if we're all the same)
Tell me why(why,why do we pass the blame)
Tell me why (why,why does it never end)
Can some one tell us why we cannot just be friends?

一个天真的少年用他那天使般的声音不断地向我们发问，如果只是因为这清脆的童声，我没有任何触动，仅仅悦耳而已。当他唱出为什么在别人需要帮助的时候我们不能伸出援手，为什么在海豚哭泣的时候我们只是无动于衷的呆立着，为什么我们不能都成为朋友...这一刻，让我这颗逐渐被世事俗尘冰封的心，突然有抽搐的感觉...不单是因为他纯净的声音，也是因为不知道什么时候当自己再听起这些歌的时候，是不是还能有这份虔诚，还能这般的充满希望和信仰...

在我的梦中，少年总在唱着一首关于男孩和女孩的恋歌
那里有蔚蓝的天空，翠绿的原野，笑声是这个地球上共同的语言
然而当我醒来，看到的却是一个满布穷苦的世界

告诉我这一切为什么会变成这样
....
为什么我们面对这么多贫穷的人却不能伸出援手
我要做怎样一个人
难道必须要做靠孤立和争斗来证实自己存在的人
难道我生来就为了在充满战争的世界里浪费生命
告诉我为什么 为什么
为什么...