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Ain't No Reason

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Ain't No Reason was released on September 19, 2006 by Brett Dennen distributed by Mick Music as a part of the album So Much More

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Brett Dennen

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COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Brett Dennen

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Kevin McCormick

Kevin McCormick

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There ain't no reason things are this way

It's how they always been and they intend to stay

I can't explain why we live this way

We do it every day

[Verse 2]

Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints

Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change

Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape

Cursin' my name

[Verse 3]

I gotta a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same

A window and a pigeon with a broken wing

You can spend your whole life workin' for something

Just to have it taken away

[Verse 4]

People walk around pushin' back their debts

Wearin' paychecks like necklaces and bracelets

Talking 'bout nothing, not thinkin' 'bout death

Every little heartbeat, every little breath

[Verse 5]

People walk a tightrope on a razors edge

Carryin' their hurt and hatred and weapons

It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen

Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence

[Verse 6]

There ain't no reason things are this way

It's how they always been and they intend to stay

I don't know why I say the things I say

But I say them anyway

[Verse 7]

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

[Verse 8]

Prison walls still standing tall

Some things never change at all

Keep on buildin' prisons, gonna fill them all

Keep on buildin' bombs, gonna drop them all

[Verse 9]

Working your fingers bare to the bone

Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul

Like a lung, it's filled with coal

Suffocating slow

[Verse 10]

The wind blows wild and I may move

But politicians lie and I am not fooled

You don't need no reason or a three piece suit

To argue the truth

[Verse 11]

The air on my skin and the world under my toes

Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes

Chaos and commotion wherever I go

Love I try to follow

[Verse 12]

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

[Verse 13]

There ain't no reason things are this way

It's how they always been and they intend to stay

I can't explain why we live this way

We do it every day

Written by: Brett Dennen

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