Biography:
Cody Simpson (born 11 January 1997) is an Australian pop/R&B singer-songwriter from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia who is currently signed to U.S. record label Atlantic Records. Simpson began to record songs in his bedroom during the summer of 2009 on YouTube, performing Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours", "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake, and his own songs, "One" and "Perfect". He was subsequently discovered on YouTube by Shawn Campbell, a Grammy-nominated record producer who has produced for Jay-Z and other artists.
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Other songs:
- All Day
- Awake All Night
- Got Me Good
- La Da Dee
- On My Mind
- Palm Of Your Hand
- Pretty Brown Eyes
- So Listen
- Surfboard
- Wish U Were Here
- Angel
- iYiYi (feat. Flo Rida)
- Love (feat. Ziggy Marley)
- Not Just You
- Rainy Day
- Summertime Of Our Lives
- Wish U Were Here (feat. Becky G)
- Back To You
- Be The One
- Better Be Mine
- Children Of The Ocean
- Crazy But True
- Dont Cry Your Heart Out
- Driftwood
- Evenings In London Melvins Room Reimagined
- Flower
- Free
- Gentleman
- Happy Lil Hippie
- Hello
- If You Left Him For Me
- Im Your Friend
- Imma Be Cool
- Its Always You
- Iyiyi
- Livin Easy
- Love
- Love So Strong
- New Problems
- One
- Paradise
- Perfect
- Pirates Dream
- Please Come Home For Christmas
- Round Of Applause
- Sinkin In
- Still Smiling
- Summertime
- Super Beach Kids
- Tell Me Why
- Thotful
- Valentine
- Wilderness
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[Intro]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why...
[Verse]
C Dsus4
Tell me why the leaves, will they fall with your breath
F C
And if the leaves don't fall, they leave your breath to rest
C Dsus4
Your rebellion puts he up to the test
F
To the nation for evaluation
C Dsus4
While she wild with their radio station
F C
Now I'm done playing their game, oh, yeah
C Dsus4 F C
Just searching for shade and you could tie that your tired mind that you break up to the side
[Chorus]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why...
[Verse 2]
C Dsus4 F
Die with the mass man, the gas man, the tax man
C Dsus4
He springs taxes on tax men while reaching out with their own hands
F
Singing to the systematic
C
Static television addict
C
Sitting on your attic
Dsus4 F C
Can't seem to see all the plastic in the water bay
Dsus4 F
You wouldn't want that for your daughter babe
C
Technological advances make no logical advances
Dsus4 F
Forget what you learned that you know that I love for you to
[Chorus]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why...
[Chorus]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why.
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why...
[Verse]
C Dsus4
Tell me why the leaves, will they fall with your breath
F C
And if the leaves don't fall, they leave your breath to rest
C Dsus4
Your rebellion puts he up to the test
F
To the nation for evaluation
C Dsus4
While she wild with their radio station
F C
Now I'm done playing their game, oh, yeah
C Dsus4 F C
Just searching for shade and you could tie that your tired mind that you break up to the side
[Chorus]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why...
[Verse 2]
C Dsus4 F
Die with the mass man, the gas man, the tax man
C Dsus4
He springs taxes on tax men while reaching out with their own hands
F
Singing to the systematic
C
Static television addict
C
Sitting on your attic
Dsus4 F C
Can't seem to see all the plastic in the water bay
Dsus4 F
You wouldn't want that for your daughter babe
C
Technological advances make no logical advances
Dsus4 F
Forget what you learned that you know that I love for you to
[Chorus]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why...
[Chorus]
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't laughing but you do not cry
C
Cry for the young man
Dsus4
Who's fighting for your mind
F
Cry for the old man
C
Who's just passed its time
C Dsus4
Tell me why, tell me why
F C
You ain't living but you do not die
Oh, tell me why.
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