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
Preachers on the podium
speakin' of saints
Prophets on the sidewalk
beggin' for change
Old ladies laughimn'
from the fire escape
Crusin' my name
I got 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
People walk around pushin'
back their debts
Wearin' paychecks like
necklaces and bracelets
Talkin' 'bout nothin'
not thinkin' 'bout death
Every little heartbeat
every little breath
People walk a tightrope on
a razor's 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
There ain't no reason
things are this way
It's how they' always
been and they intend
to stsay
I don't know why I say
the tings I say
But I say them anyway
But love will come
set me free
Love will come set me free
I do believe
Lve will come set me free
I knowit will
Love will come set me free
yes
Prison walls still
standin' tall
Some tings never change
at all
Keep on buildin' prisons
gonna fill them all
Kepp on buildin' bombs
gonna drop them all
Workin' your fingers
bare to the bones
Breakin' your back
make you sell your soul
Like a lung that's filled
with coal
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 turth
The air on my skin and
world under my toes
Slavery stitched 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 ree
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 how they' always been
and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live
this way
We do it every day