Reasons

I took a walk down a lane I didn't know
I saw you sleeping on the side where the muddy river flows
I said "Can I help you sister" You said "I don't need the time"
I said "Don't take me so serious, it couldn't help but cross my mind"
As I was walking by
We're just passing by

Ooh

I'm like a nation's calling to my allies in this world
I tell all my friends I'm falling for you, just a humble plea deferred
If I'd have known you were afraid of crying, crying, to be seen with me out there, Ooh
I'd have never let you down, left the river, where you drowned in their stares

I let you go, someone I'll never find again
And you let me go, do you even know why I left
And if it's all them, all them, tied up in your mind, Ooh
That 'aint no reason, no reason that you can find, Oh
One less reason to hide

I still walk that old familiar road
I know I'm never gonna find ya where the muddy river flowed
And all the years that we lost out, lost out, on sweaty palms at night
I know billions of people are out there, one's still on my mind

I let you go, you're someone I'll never find again
And you let me go, do you even know why I left
And if it's all them, all them, tied up in your mind, Ooh
And that's your reason you've turned the river into your eyes
Is it me there when you cry
Are we just passers by