I Got The Reason #2 Lyrics - Outer South - Conor Oberst

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 taken it all alone 

I wanna belong to a reason and cut a new key to the kingdom 

And if anybody asks me say I wanna belong 

If anybody asks me say sure it won't take long now 

If anybody asks me say I'm gonna get it done 

If anybody asks me say I've gotta reason 

In the last 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 gotta fit 

In the creased pages of the 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 wanna lay with her upon the table of the elements 

They're gonna hold strong to a reason and cut a new key to the kingdom 

And if anybody asks you say they're gonna belong 

If anybody asks you say sure it won't take long now 

If anybody asks you say, man I'm tryin' to get it done 

If anybody asks you say I've gotta reason