You're The Why

Ian Dury And The Blockheads

I shuffled through the modes of bad behaviour

And hankered for the desolated dawn

I couldn't cope with yet another saviour

To steer me from the way that I was born

Then like a ton of bricks the dawn descended

Recalcitrance was hurtled to the floor

The citadel lay breached and undefended

You brought a love I'd never known before

I'll want you till the seasons lose their mystery

I'll need you till the birds forget to fly

I'll love you more than anyone in history

Wherever there's a wherefore you're the why

I shuffled through the modes of bad behaviour

And hankered for the desolated dawn

I couldn't cope with yet another saviour

To steer me from the way that I was born

Then like a ton of bricks the dawn descended

Recalcitrance was hurtled to the floor

The citadel lay breached and undefended

You brought a love I'd never known before

I'll want you till the seasons lose their mystery

I'll need you till the birds forget to fly

I'll love you more than anyone in history

Wherever there's a wherefore you're the why