I WONDER WHY
(Randy Newman)

as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald
May 1969 London


I wonder why
There's no clouds in the sky,
And no tears in my eye
On a day like today.
I wonder why
There's no bluebirds singin' high,
And no tears in my eye
On a day like today.

I know that there must be some answers
To these questions that I'm askin',
But I don't know where!
I know that there must be some answer
To these questions that I'm askin',
But I don't know where,
I don't care!

But I wonder why
There's no bluebirds singin' high,
And no tears in my eye
On a day like today.

(I wonder why!)

I wonder why
There's no clouds in the sky,
And no tears in my eyes
On a day like today.
I wonder why, why, why (wonder why)
No bluebirds, (wonder why, wonder why)
And no tears (no tears) in my eye
On a day like today.

(scat)




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2019)