there's always a reason
You can surprise yourself sometimes
Just when you think you got yourself defined
A new part pops into view
That was hiding in the wings
Waiting for its chance to sing.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be walking in the park
Waiting till after dark
To expose your camera to the view
When something in your head
Makes you expose yourself instead.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be hunting in a field of rice
When suddenly Jesus Christ
Comes along and blocks your view.
Your eyes start to blink,
You realize it’s later than you think.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be reading a book
Written by a blind crook
With a different point of view.
You learn to read Braille
But they still throw you in jail.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be teaching mathematics
To a bunch of numbers addicts
Who couldn’t care less about the view.
Then to check if they’re alive
You say, “Two and two are five”.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be on your honeymoon
Looking at a room
And the bellboy says, “Check out this view”.
You say, “If it’s ok, instead,
We’d rather check the bed”.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be at a flea-bitten circus
And suddenly realize it’s curtains
As an escaped lion comes into view.
You know you’re not dreamin’
So you start in to screamin’.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be a man on the run
Whose got his sights set on
A heavenly point of view,
So you make your stand
With a crucifix in your hand.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
You could be dying of laughter
Thinking of the hereafter
Hoping for a room with a view
When your thoughts turn to money.
The joke wasn’t that funny.
There’s always a reason for what people do.
The reason for being,
The reason for breathing
Can easily elude you.
Sometimes you know,
Other times you only think so.
It all depends on your point of view.
So avoid self-deception
‘Cause from its inception
It can bend your point of view
And you’ll end up believin’
On the basis of your reason
That all roads lead back to you.