Don't ask me why

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:09 Rich girl
uk   rca DA 19
ger   rca PB 43129
sp   rca PB 43129
aus   arista ASI 9880
usa   arista ASI 9880
can   rca PB 43129
jap   rca PRTD 3064 - promo with peach insert
     
  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:21 Don't ask me why
usa   arista ASI 9880 - promo
mex   ariola RX-799 - promo - translucent vinyl

7" 4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:09 Rich girl
cassette 4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:09 Rich girl
aus   arista ASI 9880-4 - 7" with cassette single and 2 badges

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:35 Sylvia
  4:09 Rich girl
uk   rca DAT 19
ger   rca PT 43130
uk   rca DAP 19 - picture disc with custom PVC sleeve

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:09 Rich girl
  3:47 When the day goes down [acoustic]
  3:58 Don't ask me why [acoustic]
uk   rca DAT 20 - limited edition, incl poster

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:35 Sylvia
  4:09 Rich girl
uk   rca DA CD 19
ger   rca PD 43130
fr   rca PD 43130 - promo
jap 3" rca R10D 24
     
  4:21 Don't ask me why
usa   arista ASCD 9880

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:09 Rich girl
  3:47 When the day goes down [acoustic]
  3:58 Don't ask me why [acoustic]
uk   rca DA CD 20 - limited edition in 7" box with poster

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:09 Rich girl
uk   rca DAK19
can   rca PK 43129
usa cb arista CAS 9880
aus cb arista CS 9880

  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:21 Don't ask me why
usa   arista ADC 9880 - promo
     
  4:21 Don't ask me why
  4:54 (My my) Baby's gonna cry
  4:32 We two are one
usa pb arista ADC 9881 - special advance promo

1993 re-release

  5:06 Don't ask me why [live]
fr   rca 74321 177162

 

Sleeve notes

released: october 1989
re-released: 1993
photo: Andy Earl (glitter dress) - Jean Baptiste Mondino (eye)
design: Laurence Stevens

charts: uk 25, us 40

Remixes / Versions

4:21/4:23 album version
3:58 acoustic version
5:04 live, Rome 27-october-1989

Available on

We too are one
Live 1983-1989
Greatest hits
Acoustic Eurythmics

B-sides

Rich girl
Sylvia
When the day goes down
We two are one
(My, my) Baby's gonna cry

Lyrics

miracle of miracles
look what the night dragged in
it's a pocket full of misery
and trouble on the wind
you spoiled the best years of your life
you took them all in vain
now you think that you're forgiven
but you can't be born again

and you say why?
you say why?
you say why?
don't ask me why

i don't love you anymore
i don't think i ever did
and if you ever had any kind of love for me
you kept it all so well hid

promises
sweet promises
you kept them from your mind
like all the lost forgotten things
you never seemed to find
like all the disappointments
you displayed upon your shelf
now you've got no-one to turn to
you've got no-one but yourself

and you say
why