(dwight yoakam) Oh baby why not Just take one more chance And risk all we got On this luckless romance If someone asks why We'll say we forgot And went kinda crazy Oh baby why not If love needs a fool For it to survive It sure looks to me Like we both qualify And a pair of fools Will always beat one So let's play the cards And get this deal done Oh baby why not Bet big on the bliss And laugh in the face Of what all odds insist If someone asks why We'll say we forgot And both lost our minds Oh baby why not Oh baby please You and i Are exactly what we need So let's throw away all care Move out on the edge somewhere Find a place and just swing there in the breeze Oh baby why not Just take one more chance And risk all we got On this luckless romance If someone asks why We'll say we forgot And threw our lives away Oh baby why not And went kinda crazy Oh baby why not And both lost our minds Oh baby why not Oh baby, oh baby, Oh baby, oh baby why not Why not, why not Why not, why not Why not, why not Why not, why not Why not Give me three good reasons, and i'll let you up No, wait a minute, give me five good reasons and i'll let you up Uh huh, uh huh No, four don't count, 'cause that's your mother's reason Hey, don't bite me Oh baby why not