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The Reason Why

from AS YOU ARE by Dave Petty

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The worst thing is giving up on real love. I’m a bit like a cheerleader asking you to try again. So much disappointments and questions, I was thinking what is our raison d’etre: to live, to be, to try? There’s a clue here… when I ask you to sing with me. No, I mean it.

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Tip it a little bit a time enough to bluff and stuff and
Try but a little here and there and try try try again
Elasticity electricity diddly dum dum dowop dowop
You Stop and Stick a thumb in the air and say hey hey
‘Cause today you don’t care now do you? Do you? Do you?

Let me tell you now
Care is not an afterthought
It drives this car down to the starlit sky and the firefly and
The reason why we have a reason.
To live, to be, to try

You can sing with me
No, I mean it, you can sing with me
Dance the best of love’s divinity
And we sing

Ha le lu ia
(sing with me)
Ha le lu ia
(sing with me)
Ha le lu ia___

Heart like Leaf shake snake rattle tail
Quake quail and we too much afraid to talk
We walk it off quickstep quake-step shake-step run a little fakestep
To hide the fear we look a little queer who say hey hey
‘Cause today you aren’t what you appear, are you? Are you? Are you?

Let me tell you now
Life is not a question
It is an answer waiting to be loved in daylight’s warm reply
The reason why we have a reason
To live, to be, to try

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from AS YOU ARE, released July 5, 2017
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards: Dave

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Dave Petty Charlottesville, Virginia

Acoustically-driven, highly versatile and audience-interactive, Dave Petty sends you dreaming after just one night’s encounter. Performing from New York City to Detroit, from Princeton to Yale, from Martha's Vineyard to Florida for thousands and for handfuls… with voice, guitar, harmonica and much more… Dave prefers to relate with his listeners rather than simply ‘wow’ them with versatility. ... more

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