Poetry ain’t so natural to me
Sometimes birds just fly by
Purple, pink, inky-blue, tangerine
Sometimes that’s just the sky
There ain’t no reason why
There ain’t no reason why
Thirty times we’ve circled ‘round this spot
Passing judgements all the while
Just because the stove doesn’t feel hot
Doesn’t mean you should smile
There ain’t no reason why
There ain’t no reason why
They’d like to say they left it up to me
They tried to say they gave it a chance
They hoped and prayed their lullaby would soothe me
Even a poet comes unstuck in time
I’d like to think that I make you chuckle
But really, you just love to laugh
The rain brings out that sweet honeysuckle
The flowers taking a bath
There ain’t no reason why
There ain’t no reason why
You’d like to say you left it up to me
You tried to say you gave it a chance
You hoped and prayed your lullaby would soothe me
Even a poet comes unstuck in time
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