REASON TO BELIEVE
(Rita MacNeil (m & l) 1988)

Rita MacNeil 1988

Rita MacNeil composes music and lyrics together 
spontaneously before recording to tape and has over 
200 BMI registrations in 38 years.






I been goin' over my life
And I feel you in the breeze
You're a constant reminder
Of what used to be.

And I know you walk beside me
On the earth beneath my feet
And though you're only a memory
You still give to me
A reason to remember
And a reason to believe.

I been goin' over your life
And I've seen you on your knees
You so wanted favours
Bestowed upon me.

And I know that in a distance
You would never have agreed
I know you're only a memory
You still give to me
A reason to remember
And a reason to believe.

And the love that you gave me
Is the reason I can feel
When the heart needs a mansion
And the soul needs the key.

I've been goin' over our time
And when parting had to be
When you live through the changes
Or the learnin' how to speak.

And I know that in your silence
You found a way to speak
And though you're only a memory
You still give to me
A reason to remember
And a reason to believe.

And the love that you gave me
Is the reason that I feel
When the heart needs a mansion
And the soul needs the key.

And the love that you gave me
Is the reason that I feel
When the heart needs a mansion
And the soul needs the key.



(Transcribed by David Story - August 2013)