Reason Why

Rachael Yamagata

I think about how, it might have been?

We'd spend our days travelin'

It's not that I don't understand you

It's not that I don't wanna be with you

But you only wanted me the way you wanted me

So I will head out alone, hope for the best

We can hang our heads down as we skip the goodbye's

And you can tell the world what you want them to hear

I've got nothing left to lose my dear

So, I'm up for the little white lies

But you and I know the reason why

I'm gone, and you're still there

I'm gone, and you're still there

I'm gone, and you're still there

I'll buy a magazine searching for your face

From coast to coast or where ever I find my place

I'll track you on the radio

And I'll sign your list in a different name

But as close as I get to you it's not the same

So I will head out alone and hope for the best

We can pat ourselves on the back and say that we tried

And if one of us makes it big we can spill our regrets

And talk about how the love never dies

But you and I know the reason why

I'm gone, and you're still there

I'm gone, and you're still there

I'm gone, and you're still there

So steal the show and do your best

To cover the tracks that I have left

I wish you well and hope you'll find whatever you're looking for

The way I might've changed my mind

But you only showed me the door

So I will head out alone and hope for the best

We can pat ourselves on the back and say that we tried

And if one of us makes it big we can spill our regrets

And talk about how the love never dies

But you and I, you and I, you and I know the reason why