Brett Dennen- Ain't No Reason

Brett Dennen's music really hits the right chord with me. His lyrics are deep and meaningful, the music is positive and uplifiting and his performances always put me in a great mood. This show is at The Wiltern in LA and it was a (RED)Nights Show so the proceeds go to help AIDS relief in Africa. It was a wonderful show filled with music, dancing and lots of holiday cheer. There was even a white elephant gift exchange. I made gingerbread cookies and gave them to some new friends :)

Here's the lyrics...

there ain't no reasons things are this way
its how 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 podiums speaking to saints
prophets on the sidewalks 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 pigeon with a broken wing
you can 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 'bout nothing, not thinking 'bout 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 a sentence.

there ain't no reasons things are this way
its how they've always been and they intend to stay
i don't know why i say the 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
yea

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 thats filled with coal, suffocating slow

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 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 free
i do believe
love will come set me free
i know it will
love will come set me free
yea

there ain't no reasons things are this way
its how they've always been and they intend to stay
i can't explain why we live this way;
we do it everyday.

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