Album: That's The Way Of The World (1975)

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• Now, I'm craving your body, is this real?
  Temperatures rising, I don't want to feel
  I'm in the wrong place to be real
  Whoa, and I'm longing to love you, just for a night
  Kissing and hugging and holding you tight
  Please let me love you with all my might
  
  Reasons, the reasons that we're hear
  The reasons that we fear
  Our feelings won't disappear, oh
  And after the love game has been played
  All our illusions were just a parade
  And all our reasons start to fade
  
  La, la la la, la
  La, la la, la
  La, la la, la
  La, la la, la
  La, la la, la
  La, la la, la
  La, la la, la
  
  After all our reasons why (all our reasons why)
  All our reasons were a lie (all our reasons were a lie)
  After all ours reasons love
  Love was left aside (love)
  
  I'm longing to love you for one night
  Please let me love you with all of my might, baby
  Ooh, baby
  
  Yeah, reasons, the reasons that we're hear
  The reasons that we fear
  Our feelings won't disappear (they won't disappear)
  And after the love games has been played
  All our illusions were just a parade
  And all the reasons start to fade
  
  And, in the morning when I rise
  No longer feeling hypnotized
  Find our reasons, our reasons, our reasons
  Had no pride
  
  After all our reasons why (after all the reasons why)
  All our reasons were a lie (all of our reasons were a lie)
  After all ours reasons love (ohh(
  Love was left aside (love)
  
  Hey, ha-ha, yeah
  Ohh, why, yeah, ooh, baby
  
  I can't find the reasons
  That my love won't disappear
  Can't find the reasons
  Why I love you, baby, my dear
  Can't find the reasons
  Wanna love you all night
  Can't find the reasons
  Gotta squeeze ya, real tight
  Can't find the reasons
  Baby, yeah
  For my tears
  Can't find the reasons why I love you Writer/s: Charles Stepney, Glenn White Maurice, Philip James Bailey
  Publisher: MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 10

• Eurelisse from Western New YorkDiamond from Moreno Valley, Ca has a great explanation for the rest of us who are not Superstars constantly on the road. It shows both scenarios, even with an ex when the second time does or doesn't work out.
• Jodinestilladiabla from Wisconsin It says I'm going to love you for just one night. Sure sounds like sexting to me.
• Annamo Carter from SeattleDearest, Diamond, from Moreno Valley, CA: You could NOT be more wrong about what this song is about. It's about a one night stand with a groupie, and that was it. That's literally the song. It wasn't about anyone's ex, and all the insane details you threw in there, and the singer himself Philip, of EWF, will even tell you that it's not a song about love or being in love; it's about lust, and screwing a groupie for a single night. Lol
• Diamond from Moreno Valley, CaThis song is the truest meaning of love!!!
  
  It's about a man who still loves his ex girl even though there are million reasons not be attracted to her, not to love her.
  
  They hook up for one night and it proves that his reasons for not being with her were a lie, that they mean nothing at the end of the day. He can have a million strong reasons for not being with her, but they don't stop him from being with her or still loving her; "my reasons have no pride"
  
  The next morning, he realizes it's more than physical attraction. He can't find the reasons why he loves her or cries for Her because there are no reasons. He should just move on but he can't. There are a million reasons to not be with her, but they mean nothing when he sees her.
  The last verse clearly proves it’s NOT a one night stand!!!
  
  I can't find the reasons
  That my love won't disappear
  Can't find the reasons
  Why I love you baby, my dear
  Can't find the reasons
  Wanna love you all night
  Can't find the reasons
  Gotta squeeze ya, real tight
  Can't find the reasons
  Baby, yeah, for my tears
  Can't find the reasons why I love you
  
  It's a song about those relationships where should move on or get over the other because they are not good for you, but you can't. So even though you are better off without them, you still love them even though there are no reasons to; it's illogical.
  
  A well written song. The truest meaning of love ... when we love beyond reason.
• Sandy from Enterprise, FlHi Tom: the night we met in 1986, we danced to this song. This song says it all. I hope somewhere you remember.
• Mark from Los Angeles, CaAwesome song, but funny that so many people use it as their wedding song when it's clearly about a man who lusts after a women and after the one-night stand is questioning why he did it. He even says: "Can't find the reasons why I love you."
• Yes from San Diego, Casome hardcore lust going on in this song
• Joycemorrison from Phi LUV this! such a classic. simply put: it moves my spirit in a very _alive_ way. my top fave EWF song... which i could listen on repeat.
• James from Dayton, OhDid I not mention that many people equate Reasons as among the most romantic song, ever. However, this song is about the vagaries of living a lie.
  Earth, Wind & Fire (Philip Bailey) sings of lust not love.
• James from Dayton, OhReasons is an interesting song in that it wasnt even a single release, yet it garnered massive airplay on both r&b and pop stations not only in 1975 when it was released, but throughout the decades since. Reasons has been on EW&F's repertoire in every EW&F tour. Needless to say, it is among the groups best ballads ever. If not for Shining Star and Thats the Way of the World being released as singles as well as Columbia Records wanting to rush release a new album ASAP, Reasons would have at least been a top 10 single on numerous charts. (Thanks, James, Dayton, Ohio)

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