I Don't Wanna Know

Don’t tell me there’s a reason, don’t tell me there’s a plan
Don’t tell me that there’ll come a day when we’ll all understand
Don’t tell me these things happen, it’s just the way life goes
Don’t tell me, no don’ tell me, ‘cause I don’t wanna know.

Don’t tell me ‘bout my good friend dyin’ in his prime
How there’s gotta be a reason, how it must have been his time
Don’t say he’s in a better place where the streets are paved with gold
Don’t tell me, no don’t tell me, ‘cause I don’t wanna know.

You say we’ll see the grand design in the sweet old bye-and-bye
We’ll understand the evil that makes the angels cry
You may be right, you may be wrong, but all I gotta say
Is for me there ain’t no heaven worth the hell we gotta pay.

Don’t tell me ‘bout the innocents shot down in their schools
Don’t say it’s just some crazy stupid psychopathic fool
Don’t tell me how our thoughts and prayers will ease the awful blow
Don’t tell me, oh don’t tell me, ‘cause I don’t wanna know.

You say we’ll see the master plan in our home beyond the sky
We’ll forget all about the suffering and the fear in the children’s eyes
You say it’s not for us to understand the Good Lord’s ways
But for me there ain’t heaven’s worth the hell we gotta pay.

So talk about your reasons, believe in all your plans
Keep waitin’ for that hallelujah day when we’ll all understand
Say your prayers for the ones like me who can’t believe it’s so
But if you do don’t tell me, ‘cause I don’t want to know.
Yeah if you’re gonna pray I’ll see the light some day, I don’t wanna know.