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
(repeat x3)