Why Does A Man Do What He Has To Do

Song by Joe South (1968).

Lyrics:

Just to be alive is not all right with me
There′s somethin' more I know there′s got to be
All the places I've been and the roads I've travelled on
Now, the time has come, now the time has come

Why does a man do what he has to do?
Why does a man do what the has to do?
Sky′s painted blue where all your dreams come true
Why does a man do what he has to do?

I love to feel the wind go rushin′ by my face
Always movin' on to find another place
There′s nothin' I could change, nothin′ that I'd rather do
Wherever that road, where it leads me to, oh

Tell me why does a man do what he has to do?
Oh, why does a man do what he has to do?
Sky′s painted blue where all your dreams come true
Why does a man do what he has to do?

Just to be alive is not all right with me
There's somethin' more I know there′s got to be
All the places I′ve been and the roads I've travelled on
Now the time has come, now the time has come

Oh, why does a man do what he has to do?
Oh, why does a man do what he has to do?
Sky′s painted blue where all your dreams come true
Why does a man do what he has to do?