From the recording Why Did You Do It, Why Don't You Care?
<p>This song I was writing about violence in the news and I was trying to find an ending for the song, when my son was violently attacked at a party and was put in the Jersey Shore Medical Center's Trauma Unit for 5 days and nights and while at his bedside I finished the song with the story of his attack.</p>
Lyrics
<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>
<p>By Gregory W. Irish</p>
<p>SOMEWHERE IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT, YOU DROVE YOUR KIDS INTO THE LAKE.</p>
<p>WHAT GAVE YOU THE RIGHT, HOW MANY LIVES DID YOU TAKE?</p>
<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE? WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE HER LIFE, AND THEN YOU TOOK YOUR OWN.</p>
<p>INSTEAD OF KILLING HER, YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST TAKEN YOUR OWN.</p>
<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE? WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>
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<p>WHEN YOU WENT TO WORK TODAY, DID YOU PLAN TO KILL?</p>
<p>YOUR CO-WORKERS DIDN’T DESERVE THIS, AND NOW TIME STANDS STILL.</p>
<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE? WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>
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<p>WHEN YOU WENT TO COLUMBINE TODAY, DID YOU PLAN ON BRINGING A GUN?</p>
<p>WHEN YOU SHOT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, WAS IT JUST FOR FUN?</p>
<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE? WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>
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<p>HATE IS A TERRIBLE THING, IT EATS YOU UP INSIDE.</p>
<p>LOVE IS JUST THE OPPOSITE, BUT WHEN THE TWO COLLIDE.</p>
<p>YOU HAVE TO REMAIN STRONG, OR MAYBE EVEN SUBDUED.</p>
<p>WHATEVER YOU DO, REMEMBER YOUR FRIENDS. DON’T GET LOST, IN YOUR SOLITUDE.</p>
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<p>WHEN YOU SET OUT TO ATTACK MY SON, DID YOU INTEND TO MAKE HIM DEAD?</p>
<p>WHEN YOU GRABBED THAT PIECE OF WOOD, AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD.</p>
<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE? WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Please join me in the fight against violence, hate and bullying. It is senseless and it is unnecessary.</p>
<p>Try love and compassion for a change. It just makes life so much more bearable”</p>
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<p>WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE? WHY DID YOU DO IT, WHY DON’T YOU CARE?</p>