These Are the Reasons - Lyrics - Ferlin Husky

Ferlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky-tonk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes. He had two dozen Top 20 hits in the Billboard country charts between 1953 and 1975; his versatility and matinee-idol looks propelling a seven-decade entertainment career.

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 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...