[Verse 1]

Sometimes I feel alone

Lost inside my own time zone

You know it's not so nice to be alone

Especially when I’m so far from home (So far from home)

[Pre-Chorus]

When I look around me

I can see the children as they play

Lovers walking hand-in-hand

Day by day

[Chorus]

Why not? (Can't you be for me?)

Why not? Ooh-ooh

Why not? (I'm lonely, can’t you see?)

Oh, why not?

[Verse 2]

I promise you I will bring you no pain

And I won't treat your love in vain

See, I need someone like you

No longer will my days be blue

[Pre-Chorus]

As I look around me

I can see the children as they play

Others walking hand-in-hand

Day by day

[Chorus]

Why not? Oh (Can't you be for me?)

Why not?

Oh, why not? (I'm lonely, can't you see?)

Oh, why not?

Oh, why not? (Can't you be for me?)

Why not?

Ooh, why not? (I'm lonely, can't you see?)

Oh, why not?

[Pre-Chorus]

As I look around me

I can see the children as they play

Others walking hand-in-hand

Day by day

[Chorus]

Why not? Ooh-ooh-ooh (Can’t you be for me?)

Why not?

Oh, why not? Can’t you see? (I'm lonely, can’t you see?)

I need you, boy (Oh, why not?)

I need somebody, baby (Why not?)

Ooh, yeah (Can't you be for me?)

Baby (Why not?)

I need somebody (Why not?)

Woah, woah, yeah, yeah (I'm lonely, can't you see?)

(Oh, why not?)

I need somebody, baby (Why not?)

(Can’t you be for me?)