ain't no reason - cover and picture slideshow

ain't no reason by Brett Dennen

I made this video as my expression of my respect and admiration for Brett Dennen and his music.

lyrics:
there ain't no reason things are this way
it's how they've 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 speaking of saints
prophets on the sidewalk begging for change
old ladies laughing from the fire escape
cursing my name
I got a basket full of lemons
and they all taste the same
a window and a pidgeon with a broken wing
you could spend your whole life working for something
just to have it taken away

people walk around pushing back their debts
wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets
talking about nothing not thinking about death
every little heartbeat 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 pen
or a thought or a word or a sentence

there ain't no reason things are this way
it's how they've always been and they intend to stay
I don't know why I say the things that I say
but I say them anyway

and love will come set me free
I do believe
that love will come set me free
I know it will

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
working your fingers bare to the bone
breaking your back, make you sell your soul
like a lung, it's filled with cold, suffocating slow
the wind blows wild and I may move
but politicians lie and I am not fooled
you don't need a reason or a three-piece suit
to argue the truth
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

but love will come set me free
I do believe
that love will come set me free
I know it will

there ain't no reason things are this way
it's how they've always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way
we do it every day...

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[BrockChannel]

This is really clever i thought. Nice voice btw :)

[trkfan12345]

haha, thanks. it was really just a first effort at making a video for youtube... it was supposed to get me started on more, but that ship never quite took off. ah well

[nannysox]

wow! lovely voice. I'm not sure why i say wahey. I tend to just collect new sayings every day. all i can say is...it's a new development.

[trkfan12345]

um, thank you. You're too nice.

[inmymcdreams]

sorry ass? sounds pretty damn good to me!

[trkfan12345]

Oh my dear Cindyrelly you're much too kind. I don't think my voice will improve, but I'm hoping to eventually learn to play an instrument and then I'll add more torture videos, but with instrument accompaniment! =P

[inmymcdreams]

It is both a fault and strength of mine.

MORE TORTURE VIDEOS PLZ. :P