A Dozen Reasons

There’s at least a dozen reasons
Why Hummingbirds can’t fly
Still they overcome the odds
No one knows just why
Gravity’s just something
To never cross their minds
They just put their wings together
And reach up for the sky

There’s at least a dozen reasons, at least a dozen reasons to try

There’s at least a dozen reasons
Why our love shouldn’t last
Like a brilliant, glowing, shooting star
We should burn out way too fast
I believe I’ll hang around though
And chance it just because
We might be like the hummingbirds
And overcome the odds

There’s at least a dozen reasons, at least a dozen reasons to try