Reasons Why has been around for a while now. When our oldest two daughters were born, and then adopted into our family, I used to sing this song, acapella, to both girls when they were babies and then infants. We would sway slowly back and forth on a bench swing in the backyard of a house we were renting in Nashville. As a sleep-deprived new parent, the goal was to charm the girls into sleep, before I got there myself.
But that wasn’t what inspired me to write this song, given the chronology of events. I wrote this song for Gina, about twenty years before I met her. It constantly amazes me how so many of the songs I wrote, pre-Gina, have wound up telling our exact story. (That very same Gina sings beautiful harmonies on this track.) She and I have been twin flames since time immemorial, it seems.
I also dedicate this song to a long list of wonderful people, living and dead, who inhabited my life for some reason that I wasn’t privy too. I am eternally grateful to all of them.
Some of you may recognize this song from my First CD, A Step Along the Way. A couple of years back we added a gorgeous cello part by Nashville session player extraordinaire, Ron De La Vega. As with all things, there was a reason why Fett suggested Ron DLV for this session. It would wind up being the first one of many majestic Ron Legacy Music Project contributions.
Reasons Why
Music and Lyrics Copyright 2012, Ned Andrew Solomon
Recorded at: Azalea Studio, Nashville, TN
Recording, Engineering, & Production: Fett
Acoustic Guitars & Vocals: Ned Andrew Solomon
Cello: Ron de la Vega
Harmony Vocals: Gina Lynette
Videography: Bernie Lynette
Executive & Video Production: Gina Lynette
Verse 1:
There are reasons why
There are always reasons why
Why we do what we do
Verse 2:
When they first appear
It may not be clear to you
Why we do what we do, but
Chorus:
There are no accidents
God thinks things through
That’s how I met you
Verse 3:
There are reasons why
There are always reasons why
Though they’re hard to explain
Verse 4:
Like a cloudless sky
And a sudden summer rain
We needed that rain, cuz
Chorus:
There are no accidents
God thinks things through
That’s how I met you
Instrumental interlude
Bridge:
I live my life in moments
Day by day
That’s where I was
When you were sent my way
Verse 1 repeats:
There are reasons why
There are always reasons why
Why we do what we do
Verse 2 repeats:
When they first appear
It may not seem clear
Why we do what we do, but
Chorus:
There are no accidents
God thinks things through – well, yes, He does
There are no accidents
God thinks things through
That’s how I met you
That’s how I met you
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