Whenever I feel I've got nothing to live for that life's just a four letter word
  I stop and I look at the beauty around me and something inside me is thirst
  The deep winding rivers that flow on forever the mountains that reach to the sky
  I find myself counting my blessings and thinking the good Lord that I am alive
  These are the reasons that keep me believin' whenever I question my birth
  These are the reasons that keep me believin' my reasons for living on earth
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  I look at the sunrise that comes up each morning the sunset when dark shadows fall
  I walk through a garden where flowers are blooming
  And I know there's a place for us all
  These are the reasons...