Lyrics:

Once I asked my grandpa on the porch swing,
“Tell me, what makes a bird sing?”
He tipped back his hat, looked me in the eye,
Said, “Boy, don’t waste your days asking why.
The mind’s good, but it don’t hold the key,
The truth of this life is simple and free.”

Don’t let reason steal your life,
It’s more than the questions, more than the why.
There’s wonder and freedom, the stars and the sky,
Don’t let reason steal your life.

The years go by, I was chasing signs,
Books and plans, all in straight lines.
But as the darkness came late in the night,
His words returned, burning quiet but bright:
“The mind’s good, but it don’t hold the key,
The truth of this life is simple and free.”

Don’t let reason steal your life,
It’s more than the questions, more than the why.
There’s wonder and freedom, the stars and the sky,
Don’t let reason steal your life.

You can’t weigh the wind, you can’t bottle the rain,
The tighter you hold, the less you gain.
And when I stopped running, I began to see,
The mind’s good, but it don’t hold the key.

Don’t let reason steal your life,
It’s more than the questions, more than the why.
There’s wonder and freedom, the stars and the sky,
The mind’s good, but it don’t hold the key.
Don’t let reason steal your life.