Possible Clues:

• Norah Jones "Don't know why I ___ come"
• "Why ___ you tell me!"
• Common contraction
• ''___ We Almost Have It All'' (Houston hit)
• Abstained
• '___ see that coming!'
• Got by without exertion
• '___ We' (1969 Richard Harris song)
• Refused
• 'We -- Start the Fire'