Song Description

We all have our reasons for doing some of the unusual things that define who we are. The world is complicated, and it is present in the song. Clean, uptempo, driving, blues/rockabilly feel.

Lyrics

There are people in Rome, people in Mexico
There are people climbing up the Eiffel Tower
There's a kite in the sky and a plane
There's burgundy and drizzling rain
And I can't say bad or good
Who's to say I should?
Who's to say I should?

I've been rocking the boat, I've been milking the goat
I've been walking past the sentry through the turnstile
And I don't know if it's wrong or right
To be putting up some kind of fight
And I can't say bad or good
Who's to say I should? Who's to say I should?

(Chorus)

We all have our reasons
For reaching for the diamonds in the night
While reaching through our seasons
Let's not forget the beauty that's in sight

There are hearts discontent, and a sly president
And hunger in Calcutta that's amazing
And your hand is on the phone
And the chill goes to the bone
And I think that it's a shame
That we can't give it a name
And it's so obscured by everything we say

There is tenderness here and a touch of despair
As we're reaching for each other in the morning
But I think it might be all right
If we try it out again tonight
And I think that it's a shame
That we can't give it a name
And I don't know if it's wrong or right
To be putting up some kind of fight
And I can't say bad or good
Who's to say I should? Sometimes I wish I could!

(Chorus)

We all have our reasons
For reaching for the diamonds in the night
While reaching through our seasons
Let's not forget the beauty that's in sight