Have to toe the line, I've got to make the most
   Spent all the years going, from pillar to post
   Now I'm standing on the outside and I'm waitin' in the rain
   Tell me why must I always explain
  
   Bared my soul to the crowd eh but oh what the cost
   Most of them laughed out loud like nothing's been lost
   There were hypocrites and parasites and people that drain
   Tell me why must I always explain
  
   Why, why must I always explain
   Over and over, over again
   It's just a job you know and it's no sweet lorraine
   Tell me why must I always explain (alright)
  
   Well I get up in the morning and I get my brief
   I go out and stare at the world in complete disbelief
   It's not righteous indignation that makes me complain
   It's the fact that I always have to explain
  
   I can't be everywhere at once, there's always somebody to see
   And I never turned out to be the person that you wanted me to be
   And I tell you who I am, time and time and time again
   Tell me why must I always explain
  
   Well it's out on the highway and it's on with the show
   Always telling people things they're too lazy to know
   It can make you crazy, yeah it can drive you insane
   Tell me why must I always explain.