Jim Gilchrist &
C'est La Vie!
Blast From The Past
Blown Out ('til I Know Why)
‘TIL I KNOW WHY, ‘TIL I KNOW WHY

SITTING IN A SMOKEY BAR AND WONDERING, WONDERING WHERE SHE HAS GONE,
SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE HALF AN HOUR AGO,
IT ISN'T REALLY THAT I MIND ITS JUST THAT I, I LIKE TO KNOW WHERE I STAND,
WISH SHE'D THE NERVE TO LET ME KNOW.
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ALL OF MY LIFE I GET BLOWN OUT. THIS TIMES TO MUCH I'M GONNA 'PHONE HER.
AND EVEN IF I DON'T GET NO REPLY, I'LL KEEP ON RINGING 'TIL I KNOW WHY.

I ALWAYS SEEM TO GET THE ONES WHO DON'T TURN UP 'COS THEIR HAVING SOME FUN,
SOMEWHERE ELSE JUST A FEW MILES AWAY.
EITHER THAT OR SO THEY SAY IT'S THEIR MEMORIES, PLAYIN SOME GAME,
AND THEY FORGET TO TURN UP ON THE DAY.

ALL OF MY LIFE I GET BLOWN OUT. THIS TIMES TO MUCH I'M GONNA 'PHONE HER.
AND EVEN IF I DON'T GET NO REPLY, I'LL KEEP ON RINGING 'TIL I KNOW WHY.

IT'S BEGINNING TO PISS ME OFF, WHEN I THINK THAT I, MUST BE TOO SOFT,
THEY RECKON THEY CAN MESS ME AROUND.
BOOK A TABLE IN SOME CLUB, THEY DON'T TURN UP SO I GO DOWN THE PUB,
HAVE A DRINK, CRAWL HOME WHEN I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

ALL OF MY LIFE I GET BLOWN OUT. THIS TIMES TO MUCH I'M GONNA 'PHONE HER.
AND EVEN IF I DON'T GET NO REPLY, I'LL KEEP ON RINGING 'TIL I KNOW WHY.

(‘TIL I KNOW WHY, ‘TIL I KNOW WHY)

© Jim Gilchrist 1986
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Track Info
Music & Lyrics - Jim Gilchrist
Produced by Jim Gilchrist
Recorded at CLV Studios. Bushey, Herts. UK.

Vocals - Jim Gilchrist
All instruments - Jim Gilchrist

©CLV Recordings.​

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