I've been sittin' here trying to find myself
I get behind myself I need to rewind myself
Looking for the payback listening for the playback
They say that every man bleeds just like me

And I feel like number one yet I'm last in line
I watch my younger son and it helps to pass the time
I take too many pills that helps to ease the pain
I made a couple of dollare bills still I feel the same

Everybody knows my name they say it way out loud
A lot of folks fuck with me it's hard to hang out in a croud
I guess that's the price you pay to be some big shot like I am
Out strecthed hands and one night stands

Still I can't find love and when the walls are tumbling down
I will always be around
Yeah...

And when the walls are tumbling down I will always be around
People don't know about the things I say and do
They don't understand about the shit I've been through
It's been so long since I've been home

I've been gone, I've been gone way too long
Maybe I've forgotten all the things I miss
Oh, somehow I know there is more to life than this
I've said it too many times and I still stand firm

You get what you put in and people get what the deserve
Still I ain't seen mine, no I ain't seen mine
I've been given but just ain't gettin' I've been walkin that thin line
So I think I'll keep a walking with my head held high

I'll keep moving on and only God knows why
Only God, Only God, Only God knows why
Only God knows why,why,why,why
Only God knows why

Take it to the river, hey
Take it to the river, hey



Lyrics submitted by kevin

Track duration: 05:28

"Only God Knows Why" as written by R.j./shafer Ritchie

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    General Comment:I had never really heard much of this song till 2 days ago, it was played at my friend Brandons funeral, cancer took him at 26. I will never forget this song, and it def has grown on me!
    Flag musicismylife13on April 18, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:i love music, because everyone can have their own interpretation to it. To me this song i can relate to a lot. first lines, i think everyone is trying to find out themselves, and you might feel like your life is worst than others, but everyone is still a person and they might be hurting just as bad.
    im in the military so theres a lot of things i do or say that people will never understand. i haven't been home in over two years. you forget about the little things in life and you miss them. You know theres more to life than what you've been used to for the past 4 years. Being in makes finding love hard, so your only stuck with the one night stands. yet, when somebody needs you your always there for them. i know eventually i will get mine because of what i do, i can hold my head up high and keep drinking those beers to kill the pain and make the time pass by.
    Flag siclyricson February 29, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:in2sight??? what? Only good song from kid rock and sounds out of place from that terrible album it came from. but this song alone makes him 20 times better than that other rapper rocker fred durst
    Flag anima69316on March 15, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this songs about a woman who was abused for 10 years by her manipulating ex-husband and no one believed/believes her, and he still continues to cause a lot of mental stress and everyone thinks she has lost her mind, but she has not, and only God knows the truth!
    Flag in2sighton February 02, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:I believe this song is about the First Law of Thermodynamics and karma.

    "You get what you put in, and people get what they deserve."
    Flag votewithabulleton September 01, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I'm not religious by any means. I think this song is about depression and how life gets you down. But somehow you find the will to carry on through any means, god or whatever. I also think this is a song about wanting to find a soul mate but somehow can't.
    Flag camaross0000on July 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Oh, somehow I know there is more to life than this
    I've said it too many times and I still stand firm
    You get what you put in and people get what they deserve
    Still I aint seen mine, no I aint seen mine
    I've been given but just aint gettin' I've been walkin that thin line
    Flag gmoneynquoteon April 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think the songs about some one whos just simply in a dark place in there life.

    because of an addiciton, relationships, death. etc

    And when your in that dark place you feel know one understands you. And you dont even understand your self.
    You dont feel like you use to (its been so long sense i've been home i've been gone i've been gone for way to long)

    No body knows why things like this happen turns out
    ONLY GOD KNOWS WHY.
    Flag ajslikes2argueon March 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:First of all I love this song, and i know this isn't the meaning but... the second verse could be from a deployed soldiers point of view. how he looks at the world... and..
    "Its been so long since I've been home
    I've been gone, I've been gone way too long
    Maybe I've forgotten all the things I miss"
    heh... it's funny how when you're gone for so long eating shit... you almost can't remember what it's like to be home
    Flag castor_odon January 30, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I can relate to this song. I've been depressed for about 10 years now. This is prolly the only song that keeps me moving on sometimes. Thank you Kid Rock
    Flag camaross0000on January 23, 2008   Link

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