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Artist: Bryan Ferry
Canonical path: /bryan-ferry/reason-or-rhyme
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Reason Or Rhyme
Read Reason Or Rhyme lyrics by Bryan Ferry on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Reason Or Rhyme
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Why must you shed such tender tears
In the evening of your years
No other love could stem the tide
Of the loneliness I hide
Open your heart and let me live
All the promises I could give
The sun and moon and all the stars
They bow down to you whenever you pass
In a world of fading sadness
An emerald ring, a photograph
That look in your eyes the brush of your cheek
These are the moments in life that I seek
No reason or rhyme, no presence of mind
Just a dance to the music of time
Why must you shed such tender tears
In the evening of your years
No other love could stem the tide
Of the loneliness I hide
Inside out, upside down
Obscured by clouds, or underground
The sun and moon and all the stars
They bow down to you whenever you pass
Wherever you are, whenever you speak
These are the moments in my life that I seek
No reason or rhyme, by chance or design
Just a dance to the music of time
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Bryan Ferry performs "Reason Or Rhyme", and this lyric page sits inside the Bryan Ferry catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to 2HB and A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall with a short reason for opening each page next.
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