I Wonder Why
1973 · Sonic · Humboldt, Iowa
- Artist
- Shadrack
- Title
- I Wonder Why
- Release
- I Wonder Why / It Was Me
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- Sonic
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Humboldt, Iowa, USA
- Songwriter
- Randy Berka and Steve Fox
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Psychedelic Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
- Psychedelic rock - Iowa, USA "I crawl across the soft wet land / With hope in my heart and a gun in my hand / I want to run but I must stay / To try and survive for one more day / War is grief, it's misery / I wonder why it has to be / I wonder why, I wonder why it has to be / Tell me why it has to be, Lord, I just can't see / A shot rings out, I jump with fear / I feel the wind whiz by my ear / I turned around and there he lay / My best friend has died today / War is grief, it's misery / I wonder why it has to be / I wonder why, I wonder why it has to be / Tell me why it has to be, Lord, I just can't see / War is grief, it's misery"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Soldier in combat, friend is K.I.A., why does it have to be? Anti-war leaning
About the artist
Psychedelic rock band from the Fort Dodge / Humboldt area of Iowa, who pressed 1,000 copies of this single in early 1973 before becoming Shadrack Chameleon: Steve Fox, Randy Berka, Jon Porter, Dan Dodgen, John Brandsgard and Artie Strutzenberg.
Themes
Soldier's Perspective · Combat · K.I.A. · Anti-War · Religion
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs