I Got My Reason - Jackie DeShannon

Sittin' here thinkin' 'bout how much life has gone by

Wonderin' how much longer, how much more time

We will need before it’s said and done

Before we realize that it’s been finally won

Well, I got my reason

Feelin' the way I do

I wanna try to enjoy this life of mine

Before it’s through

Well, I got my reasons

For wantin' to be free

What’s good for the other man

It just ain’t good enough for me

Mm, hmm

Mm, hmm

As I walk this lonely land of broken hearts and dreams

Lookin' at the situation I have visions of many things

That day when we can walk together hand in hand

Then we can say that in this place there is enough for every woman,

child and man

I got my reason

For the tears in my eyes

Ah, when I think of all the boys

Who gave their life for you and I

I got my reason

For wantin' a better world, oh Lord

I’m gonna lend a helpin' hand

To someone each and every day

Mm, hmm

Mm, hmm

Well, I got my reasons

Feelin' the way I do, oh yeah

I wanna try to enjoy this life of mine

Before it’s through

I got my reasons

For wantin' to be free, oh Lord

What’s good for the other man

It just ain’t good enough for me

I got my reason

For the tears in my eyes

When I think of all the boys

Who gave their lives for you and I

Well, I got my reason

For wantin' a better world, oh Lord

I’m gonna lend a helpin' hand

To someone each and every day

I got my reason

Oh, I got my reason