Reason to Believe I saw a man standing next to a dead dog in a ditch by the highway
He looked a bit puzzled and poked that dog with a stick
The door of his car was wide open, he was on the side of Highway 31
As if by standing there long enough, that dog could get up and run away.
A strange thing struck me, really strange, sir
That even at the end of every hard-earned day, people find a reason to believe
Mary Lou loved Johnny with a deep and sincere love
She said, “Darling, I’ll work for you every day and bring home the money”
One day he got up and left, and since then
She waits down at the end of that dusty road for the return of young Johnny
A strange thing struck me, really strange, sir
That even at the end of every hard-earned day, people find a reason to believe
They bring a child to the river, they call him Kyle William
They wash the child in the water to take away the sins of little Kyle
In a white rifle shack, an old man passes away
They take his body to the cemetery and pray for him
Sir, won’t you tell us, tell us what it all means?
Still at the end of every hard-earned day, people find a reason to believe
The community of believers gathers down by the river
The preacher stands with his Bible, the groom waiting for the bride
The community of believers leaves and the sun sets behind a weeping willow
The groom stands all alone and watches the river flow effortlessly
Sir, and he’s wondering where his little one could be
And still at the end of every hard-earned day, people find a reason to believe
