Rod Stewart - Why Does It Go On? lyrics

(barry mason) [b side of columbia db 7766, 1965] You know it ain't right to beat a man when he's down Know it ain't right to eat when the hunger's around It keeps on worryin' me, as all around i see And still it goes on Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? You know it ain't right to take another man's life You know it ain't right to take another man's wife Keeps gettin' through to me, as everywhere i see Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? They don't want love today It's headin' all the way They'll burn your book and pencil boy Throw your mind away A man don't steal, but has to work for his pay (let me tell you one thing) A poker man deals from the top when he plays But all good things we take We don't build, we just break Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? They don't want love today It's headin' all the way They'll burn your book and pencil boy Throw your mind away A man don't steal, but has to work for his pay (let me tell you one thing) A poker man deals from the top when he plays But all good things we take We don't build, we just break Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? Why does it go on ? yeah