Everybody needs a reason To make it through another day And everybody needs a reason Try and find another way I've been up, i've been down Seemed like one long, lonely ride Wish i'd been usin', time i could be usin' To learn about myself inside That's not a hard thing to do Everybody needs a reason Doesn't matter who they are And everybody needs a reason To make it to the shootin' star So many people, don't understand Never live, but waiting to die I wish i could reach them I really wanna teach them Something so good going on inside Maybe they don't like it, maybe they do This is the way, it's all coming true Everybody needs a reason Everybody needs to know Maybe things are changin' I really don't know Knowing things is helping to grow Everybody needs a reason Everybody needs to know (repeat x3)