I know your friends want to see me / But I gotta go for a while / I ask that you please forgive me / A last chance to say goodbye / I'm off on my way to Illinois now / Some photos on a TV screen / C'mon pack your things and join me / What else will we do if we stay? / In a row of similar buildings / I make myself entertained / I don't see anything familiar / What is this cityscape? / I want to fly away and disappear now / Everyone wishes they could / But I know that if I go up there / It won't do me any good / And I know the past wants to see me / Just another time bomb ticking in my head / We were the wolves in a festival of sheep / As the music starts bumpin' we start to move our feet / And as we all smile we start to join hands / Just happy little creatures dancing in the sand / And everyone asked to be understood / But with the music so loud we did what we could / And now the party rages on / And now I have to leave / Just another party animal kicked into the street / And as we all drive full steam ahead / We all shout to the past / “I'll be back before I'm dead” / What in the world am I doing here? / But I say it's alright / There's a reason for birds / A reason for bees / A reason for land / A reason for sea / A reason for day / A reason for night / A reason for peace / A reason for a fight / A reason for dogs / A reason for cats / A reason for a piercing / A reason for the tats / A reason for love / A reason for grief / A reason for laws / A reason for a thief / A reason for mom / A reason for dad / A reason for this / A reason for that / A reason for chains / A reason to be free / A reason for you / And a reason for me.