Tell Me Why
Sparrow Lyrics


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You beckon with your tongue
That I should come to you girl
Don't tell me that you won't
Cuz I know that you will
You'll be loving me
And touching me so good
We'll do all the things you never
Thought you could
Tell me how you want it
Tell me to go slow or hard
Tell me all your sins and
Tell me how you got your scars
Moan your dirty secrets
Moan what your fantasies are
Moan to me keep going
Moan loud enough to wake the gods
But whatever you do
Don't tell me your name
Don't tell me your name
You say you wanna come
So we should go away from here
You whisper fuck me dumb
While your teeth clench my ear
Now you're loving me
And touching me so good
Doing all these things you never
Thought you could
Tell me how you want it
Tell me to go slow or hard
Tell me all your sins and
Tell me how you got your scars
Moan your dirty secrets
Moan what your fantasies are
Moan to me keep going
Moan loud enough to wake the gods
But whatever you do
Don't tell me your name
Don't tell me your name




Don't tell me your name
Don't tell me your name

Overall Meaning

The song "Tell Me Why" by Sparrow's Song is a sensual and intense piece about a sexual encounter between two people. The lyrics suggest that the two individuals have a strong physical attraction towards each other but want to remain anonymous. The singer is urging their partner to reveal their deepest desires, fantasies, and secrets, but at the same time, not to reveal their name. The lines, "But whatever you do, Don't tell me your name," are repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizing the importance of remaining anonymous.


The singer's use of language is persuasive and inviting, encouraging their partner to indulge in their deepest pleasures. They ask their partner to "Tell me how you want it, Tell me to go slow or hard" and moan their secrets and fantasies, instructing them to "Moan loud enough to wake the gods." The tone of the song is intense and suggestive; it is evident that the singer wants to enjoy the moment without any emotional attachment.


Overall, "Tell Me Why" is a song that explores the dynamics of a physical relationship that has no emotional strings attached. The lyrics suggest that the two individuals know what they want and are willing to go to great lengths to experience it. It is a song that requires open-mindedness and exploration, and it captures the essence of physical intimacy.


Line by Line Meaning

You beckon with your tongue
You're enticing me with your words and actions.


That I should come to you girl
You want me to come to you and be with you.


Don't tell me that you won't
I already know that you want to be with me, so don't deny it.


Cuz I know that you will
I'm confident that you will give in to your desires.


You'll be loving me
You'll show me affection and give me pleasure.


And touching me so good
You'll touch me in ways that feel amazing.


We'll do all the things you never
We'll explore new, exciting experiences together.


Thought you could
Things you never thought possible.


Tell me how you want it
Communicate your desires and preferences to me.


Tell me to go slow or hard
Let me know how fast or intense you want it.


Tell me all your sins and
Confess your secrets and past experiences to me.


Tell me how you got your scars
Reveal your emotional and physical scars to me.


Moan your dirty secrets
Express your deepest, most intimate desires with your voice.


Moan what your fantasies are
Make sounds that reveal what turns you on.


Moan to me keep going
Encourage me to continue pleasing you.


Moan loud enough to wake the gods
Make as much noise as you need to express your pleasure.


But whatever you do
In spite of all this, there's one thing I want you to remember.


Don't tell me your name
Don't disclose personal information to me, keep our encounter anonymous.


You say you wanna come
You express your desire to reach orgasm or climax.


So we should go away from here
We should move to a more private location, away from prying eyes.


You whisper fuck me dumb
You whisper erotic words to express your desire to be thoroughly satisfied.


While your teeth clench my ear
You bite or nibble on my ear during the act.




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Written by: Joe Sparrow

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Juan Carlos Reina Leal

PLEASE TELL ME WHY
By Mighty Sparrow

This is me, the Birdie!

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Ever since you take your things and leave me
All I could do is grieve and grieve
I never believe that you will deceive me
And that is why I'm so bereaved.
I feel so bad to hear people saying
You have me like a mook underneath your spell
Making me feel like if I'm in heaven
But all the time you really giving me hell.
But you'll always be my pet 'cause I cannot forget
Your gentle, sweet embrace, nobody else could take your place
I believe you even when you lie and I know I getting mamaguy
Is only you, and you alone, could say why. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Just because of how you used to be shy, girl
When you were hurt, I feel I could cry
But now you leaving me high and dry, girl
You going without even saying, "Goodbye."
You are my one and only desire
Your behaviour now have me on my knees
With you, my soul was always on fire
Without you, I'm really feeling the squeeze
Deep down within my heart, I know we should never part
There's nothing that I wouldn't do, specially if you want me to
When I start, you know that I wouldn't stop 'til you satisfy
Any excuse you come with is lie, so don't even try.

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
A bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

If there really is a Paradise
That's when I'm cuddled in your arms
It took a little while for me to realise
The power and the magic of your charms.

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

The thing for me to rub with, I end up drinking
Because my heart couldn't take no more
I'm so bewildered, I wasn't thinking
You have the thing to cure me, I'm sure
I'm on my own, alone and I'm stumbling
Like a drunken man who ready to fall
The thought of losing you have me fumbling
I just can't take tabanca at all
The way you does walk and wine is permanently on my mind
Pretending I don't give a heck has made me a nervous wreck
You never know how hard I try not to believe you have another guy
Everything they tell me, I say is contrived. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

I hear you tell your friends and them you using me
And you go keep me out of the comfort zone
You taking my money but you abusing me
You don't know what the heck I doing in your home
But is me paying the rent when the month done
Plus food and all the utilities
Me again for cable and then your cellphone
Tell them who bought you that SUV
Paid off your credit card and all the other bills you had
It wasn't easy but I tried to restore your credit with pride
That pie in the sky is expensive, I can't deny
I'll always be here for you, I don't know why. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

If there really is a Paradise
That's when I'm cuddled in your arms
It took a little while for me to realise
The power and the magic of your charms.

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!



All comments from YouTube:

Dev Bern

Sparrow is one of the very few artists who have song on almost all imagiable topics with distinction. This may be classified as a love/tabanka song. Very few if any would be able to surpas this composition while considering the cultural contest of T&T and the Caribbean. Hope we could continue enjoying his presence for years to come.

Juan Carlos Reina Leal

PLEASE TELL ME WHY
By Mighty Sparrow

This is me, the Birdie!

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Ever since you take your things and leave me
All I could do is grieve and grieve
I never believe that you will deceive me
And that is why I'm so bereaved.
I feel so bad to hear people saying
You have me like a mook underneath your spell
Making me feel like if I'm in heaven
But all the time you really giving me hell.
But you'll always be my pet 'cause I cannot forget
Your gentle, sweet embrace, nobody else could take your place
I believe you even when you lie and I know I getting mamaguy
Is only you, and you alone, could say why. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Just because of how you used to be shy, girl
When you were hurt, I feel I could cry
But now you leaving me high and dry, girl
You going without even saying, "Goodbye."
You are my one and only desire
Your behaviour now have me on my knees
With you, my soul was always on fire
Without you, I'm really feeling the squeeze
Deep down within my heart, I know we should never part
There's nothing that I wouldn't do, specially if you want me to
When I start, you know that I wouldn't stop 'til you satisfy
Any excuse you come with is lie, so don't even try.

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
A bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

If there really is a Paradise
That's when I'm cuddled in your arms
It took a little while for me to realise
The power and the magic of your charms.

Why, oh why, oh why, girl? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

The thing for me to rub with, I end up drinking
Because my heart couldn't take no more
I'm so bewildered, I wasn't thinking
You have the thing to cure me, I'm sure
I'm on my own, alone and I'm stumbling
Like a drunken man who ready to fall
The thought of losing you have me fumbling
I just can't take tabanca at all
The way you does walk and wine is permanently on my mind
Pretending I don't give a heck has made me a nervous wreck
You never know how hard I try not to believe you have another guy
Everything they tell me, I say is contrived. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

I hear you tell your friends and them you using me
And you go keep me out of the comfort zone
You taking my money but you abusing me
You don't know what the heck I doing in your home
But is me paying the rent when the month done
Plus food and all the utilities
Me again for cable and then your cellphone
Tell them who bought you that SUV
Paid off your credit card and all the other bills you had
It wasn't easy but I tried to restore your credit with pride
That pie in the sky is expensive, I can't deny
I'll always be here for you, I don't know why. Please tell me why?

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

If there really is a Paradise
That's when I'm cuddled in your arms
It took a little while for me to realise
The power and the magic of your charms.

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Why, oh why, oh why? [Please tell me why?]
A big man ent supposed to cry [Please tell me why?]
But a bad woman I could classify [Please tell me why?]
And a malcontent never satisfy. [Please tell me why?]

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance!

Sue Harr

Just heard this for the first time in 2018!!! ❤️❤️

Nathaniel Theodore

Been lookin for dis song fuh centuries, heard it on a boat ride...on of ma favourites..Which u a speedy recovery Sparrow, God's knows best..!

Roachel Hernandez

I love this song. This was a great song with my stinking Ex and I. 🤬

Gouranga

Never heard this one before and it will become my favo

Knight TDM

real good thumbs up

Sharon Modest

I love this song✊✊😁😁😁😁❤❤❤❤❤❤

PAN-O-JAMA Entertainment

This is the Calypso King Of The World- The Mighty Sparrow!!!!

Wayne Allen

Listen to words of this song Sparrow you are the real king of calypso

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