Jon Anderson

Much Better Reason

Jon Anderson


She would travel most each day 
Down a lonely road, a winding way 
Just to purchase from a shop 
Where an eager villain waited there
Just to sell her smiles 
Just to say la la 
say la la 

Cost was not important 
It was the way her body made it right 
Lost amongst her passion where 
Relief was fast the pain was nice 
Quick way for a smile 
Just to smile la la -- la la
Looking in her eyes I saw 
I could see her looking back at me 
I asked if she would dance the night 
She reminded me I'd seen her once before 
A long time ago -- 

There you go, I softly spoke 
You smile but not be joyful 
I wanna know, I wanna know 
Why is it hard for you to feel good 
And then she laughed, looked at me 
And said it's really not your business 
It's not for you to know 

You see the spell was broke 
I took her arm please be seated 
This won't take too long
Problem is so old and spent 
I begin to wonder 
Why you went 
Smiling shops your eyes 
Your smile is no surprise, no surprise 

Let me write it down I said 
'Cos I know you are afraid of me 
I'll explain in a kind of rhyme 
So's not to scare ya
Not to scare your senses 
Not at all 

Hear me now, concentrate 
You go into a mirror 
Into a shop, a selling shop 
It's where you go back for your pleasure 
He lets you smile 
You're on display 
He lets you loose identity 
loose identity 

Oh Questa Vitoria 
Santa Maria 
Questa Dela 
Oh Questa Vitoria 
Santa Maria 
Questa Dela 

Well I guess I touched the secret note 
I guess I got it right so right
You ask am I supposed to see 
What has been your secret secrecy 
You just see yourself 
Like a mirror you see yourself 
See yourself 
See yourself 
See yourself
See yourself 

Ya know pleasure is a costly game 
Like a game the pleasure's winning 
Naturally the pleasures mine 
So be ready with your special really special winning smile 

Give me a smile in a while 
You get a much much better feeling 
Give them away everyday 
You get a much much better feeling 

I get a ma, you get a ma, 
We get a much much better feeling 
I get a ma, you get a ma, 
We get a much much better feeling 

Give me a smile in a while 
You get a much much better feeling 
Give them away everyday 
You get a much much better feeling 

I get a ma, you get a ma, 
You get a much much better feeling 
Smile we say la la!!