Tell Me Why

There's many great loves in history That we know about But a tale of two lovers that was told to me Makes me want to scream and shout Like Romeo and Juliet A love story you won't forget Tell me why, tell me why Did they destroy a love like that? Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Did they do that? Snowball Roach and Nellie Austin loved each other well Oh, and I don't think that they argued often Somebody broke the spell Yeah, they broke the spell and broke their hearts And they drifted far apart Tell me why, tell me why Did they destroy a love like that? Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Did they do that? Well, they tore two hearts apart Left them bleeding all alone And threw them in a river made of stone Oh, they're dead now He was from the Bundjalung clan and she was Kirrae Whurrong And he was a big strong fighting man Yet she was proud and strong And their love was great Their love was free But what happened to them was a tragedy So tell me why, tell me why Did they destroy a love like that? Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Did they do that? Well, they tore two hearts apart Left them bleeding all alone And threw them in the river made of stone Made of stone Made of stone Yeah, they threw them in the river (made of stone) Yeah, they threw them in the river (made of stone) Yeah, they threw them in the river (made of stone) Yeah, they threw them in the river (made of stone) Oh, they threw them in the river (made of stone) Made of stone Made of stone Made of stone