everybody needs a reason

everybody needs a reason

to make it through another day

and everybody needs a reason

try and find another way

i've been up

i've been down

seemed like one long

lonely ride

wish i'd been usin'

time i could be usin'

to learn about myself inside

that's not a hard thing to do

everybody needs a reason

doesn't matter who they are

and everybody needs a reason

to make it to the shootin' star

so many people

don't understand

never live

but waiting to die

i wish i could reach them

i really wanna teach them

something so good going on inside

maybe they don't like it

maybe they do

this is the way

it's all coming true

everybody needs a reason

everybody needs to know

maybe things are changin'

i really don't know

knowing things is helping to grow

everybody needs a reason

everybody needs to know