Why Must I Feel This Way Lyrics

Well, life′s gone by so quickly since I graduated school

I never thought when I was young I'd ever get this old

Got credit card payments; bills that must get paid

And I often wonder if we all just die afraid

There′s a certainty I don't have that some people claim

Is a holy war fought overseas all in Jesus' name

And I just sit here drinking with all of my best friends

Spending money we don′t have till the recession ends

Why must I feel this way

And think so hard about the things I can′t change

I tried so hard just to drink it all away-hey-hey

Why must I feel this way

There's an American citizen in an Arizona jail

There′s a man they call The Father that's damning us to hell

There's a gentleman in Gainesville with hatred in his heart

There's a war raging inside of me that′s tearing me apart

Well your mother and your father they think differently than me

They gather their opinions from Fox News on TV

From oil rigs and democracy and our Muslim president

They don't care if we′re at war if their kids don′t get sent

Why must I feel this way

And think so hard about the things I can′t change

I tried so hard just to drink it all away-hey-hey

Why must I feel this way

Well I don't mean to sound angry or to sound unkind

But life can be a prison if you don′t speak your mind

So grab you up a guitar; Learn a couple chords

Cause there′s hurting people everywhere that need spoken up for

Why must I feel this way

And think so hard about the things I can't change

I tried so hard just to drink it all away

Why must I feel this way