A Reason for It All Songtext
von Eric Bogle

Summer smiling on the city
It′s another lovely day in Sydney
Sunshine pouring down like honey
In a golden waterfall
But in the room where Claire is dying
No sunshine sends the shadows flying
No children gather 'round her crying
There′s no one there at all
Except perhaps for the man who sees
Each little sparrow fall

Don't talk to me about lonely souls crying
Dark quiet rooms and old people dying
I don't want to hear
Don′t want to hear it at all
Lonely old people die alone every day
Don′t blame me, I didn't make it that way
That′s just how it is
Don't look for a reason in it all


Winter weeping on the city
A wet and windy day in Sydney
Raindrops rolling fat and heavy
Down Claire′s window pane
The raindrops on the tin roof beating
Disturbs the rats as they are feeding
Back to their nests they all go creeping
Leaving Claire alone again
It's been a long and lonely time
Since Claire could hear the rain

Don′t talk to me about the meaning of life
Don't sing your songs that cut like a knife
I don't want to hear
Don′t want to hear it at all
Lonely old people ain′t my concern
From dust we come, to dust we return
And that's all there is
Don′t look for a reason in it all

Springtime's come at last to Sydney
The flowers are blooming in the city
In all their multi-colored glory
They rise to greet the year
Memories and shame recalling
Footsteps on the front porch falling
Voices through the window calling
"Is anybody there?"
Claire Campbell′s lost and lonely soul
Is a long, long way from here


Don't talk to me about life′s seasons
Don't ask me for answers, don't ask me for reasons
I don′t want to hear
Don′t want to hear it at all
From the moment we're born we start to die
A man can go crazy if he keeps asking why
That′s just how it is
Don't look for a reason in it all

Can′t you understand what I'm trying to say?
There must be an answer, there must be a way
To make some sense of it
To try to find a reason for it all

We are not born just so we can die
There must be an answer and we′ve got to try
To make some sense of it
To try to find a reason for it all
Can't you understand what I'm trying to say?
There must be an answer, there must be a way
To make some sense of it
To try to find a reason for it all

We are not born just so we can die
There must be an answer and we′ve got to try
To make some sense of it
To try to find a reason for it all
That′s just how it is
Don't look for a reason in it all

Ah, there must be a way
There must be a reason for it all