Why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? Why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? Did you leave me to suffer Just to shuffle and breathe? Did you pick through the litters And just settle on me? Am I just a play thing (I just a play thing) For the wind like a leaf? (Wind like a leaf) Or did you leave me exactly (leave me exactly) Where I need to be? (I need to be) Tell me why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? Why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? I can tell you of sorrow (tell you of sorrow) Of losing, of pain (losing, of pain) I can cry through the levee (cry through the levee) It would wash you away (wash you away) I can give you one reason (give you a reason) Two reasons or three (reason or three) I can tell you 'bout heartache (tell you 'bout heartache) Loneliness and grief (loneliness and grief) So why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? Oh, why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? I can tell you a story Tell it simple and plain Tell you life is a candle It flickers and I'm a flame So if I give you one reason (give you a reason) For me to say what I'm sayin' (say what I'm saying) I'll say that you are the answer (you are the answer) To my question every day (every day) Saying why Did you spend Your good fortune On me? Tell me why Did you spend Your great fortune On me? Why Did you spend Your glorious fortune On me? Oh, why Did you spend Your glorious fortune On me? On me (Why?) On On me (Why?) Ooh (Why?)