I Got the Reason

You know a lot can happen after everybody falls asleep
Ask the forest fire, ask the cop walking on the beat
And do right by them, work a little in your dreams
Don't let time rob you, hold onto your memories

In the glass houses, in the pages of the Rolling Stone
I get a sick feeling, like I'm rocking in a little boat
I hear the big church bell, it's ringing like a mobile phone
It's such a long Sunday drive, to be taking it all alone

I want to belong to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks me say, I want to belong
If anybody asks me say, sure it won't take long now
If anybody asks me say, I'm going to get it done
If anybody asks me say, I got a reason

In the vast hard drive
in the satellites that kick and spin
they keep the old footage
so everything can live again
Pretty pink roses, the ostrich and the elephant
It's the last Noah's ark, so everything's got to fit

In the creased pages of a letter I've been trying to send
To a young widow who is desperate for some kind of friend
You'll find a long list of eligible, handsome men
Who want to lay with her, upon the table of the elements

They're going to hold strong, to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks them say, they're going to belong
And if anybody asks them say, that it won't take long now
And if anybody asks them say, no, I'm trying to get it done!
And if anybody asks them say, I got a reason