C G There ain't no reason things are this way D Em It's how they' always been and they intend to stay C G I can't explain why we live this way D We do it every day C G Preachers on the podium speakin' of saints D Em Prophets on the sidewalk beggin' for change C G Old ladies laughin' from the fire escape D Cursin' my name C G I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same D Em A window and a pigeon with a broken wing C G You can spend your whole life workin' for something D Just to have it taken away C G People walk around pushin' back their debts D Wearin' paychecks like necklaces and bracelet C G Talkin' 'bout nothin', not thinkin' 'bout death D Every little heartbeat, every little breath C G People walk a tightrope on a razor's edge D Carryin' their hurt and hatred and weapons C G It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen D a thought or a word or a sentence C G There ain't no reason things are this way D Em It's how they' always been and they intend to stay C G I can't explain why we live this way D We do it every day C Em D But love will come set me free C Em D Love will come set me free, I do believe C Em D Love will come set me free, I know it will C Em D Love will come set me free, yes C G Prison walls still standin' tall D Em Some things never change at all C G Keep on buildin' prisons, gonna fill them all D Keep on buildin' bombs, gonna drop them all C G Workin' your fingers bare to the bones D Em Breakin' your back, make you sell your soul C G Like a lung that's filled with coal D Suffocatin' slow C G The wind blows wild and I may move D Em But politicians lie and I am not fooled C G You don't need no reason or a three-piece suit D To argue the truth C G The air on my skin and world under my toes D Em Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes C G Chaos and commotion wherever I go D Love I try to follow C Em D But love will come set me free C Em D Love will come set me free, I do believe C Em D Love will come set me free, I know it will C Em D Love will come set me free, yes C G There ain't no reason things are this way D Em It's how they' always been and they intend to stay C G I can't explain why we live this way D We do it every day