Aint No Reason

There ain't no reason things are this way
It's they've always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way
We do it everyday

Preachers on the podium speaking of saints
Prophets on a sidewalk begging for change
Old ladies laughing from fire escape,
Cursing my name

I've got a basket full of lemons
and they all tastes the same
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing
You can spend you whole life working for something
Just to have it taken away

People walk around pushing their debts
Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets
Talking about nothing
Thinking about death
Every little heart beat
Every little breath
People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pin
Or a thought or a word or sentence

There ain't no reason things are this way
It's they've always been and they intend to stay
I don't know why say things I say,
But I say them anyway

But love will come set me free
Love will come set me free
I do believe
Love will come set me free
I know it will
Love will come set me free, yes

Prison walls still standing tall
Some things never change at all
Keep on building prisons gonna fill them all
Keep on building bombs gonna drop them all
The wind blows wild
And I may move
But politicians lie and i am not fooled
You don't need no reason or a 3 piece suit
To argue the truth


The air on my skin and the world on my toes
Labor is stiched into the fabric of my clothes
Chaos and commotion wherever I go
Love, I try to follow


But love will come set me free
Love will come set me free
I do believe
Love will come set me free
I know it will
Love will come set me free, yes

There ain't no reason things are this way
It's they've always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way
We do it everyday