[Intro] [Verse 1] Took the long way home that Tuesday for no reason I can name Could've turned on Fifth like always, would've been a different game Ducked into a bar to lose the rain, ordered something I don't drink And the whole rest of my life was standing there, I didn't even blink [Pre-Chorus] No sign from God, no gut, no plan, no arrow in the sky Just a coin I flipped I don't remember, and the reason was: not why [Chorus] No particular reason, no particular why Just a left instead of a right on an ordinary night And the biggest thing that ever happened balanced on a whim No particular reason, thank God I gave in No particular reason at all [Verse 2] Almost skipped that party, had my shoes half off my feet Went 'cause I was bored, not brave, and there she was across the seat The job, the town, the kid, the dog, the fifty years of us All hanging off a shrug I gave, a maybe on a bus [Pre-Chorus] And it scares me if I think too hard how thin the whole thing hung One yawn, one different afternoon, and none of it'd have come [Chorus] No particular reason, no particular why Just a left instead of a right on an ordinary night And the biggest thing that ever happened balanced on a whim No particular reason, thank God I gave in No particular reason at all [Bridge] So I don't trust the tidy stories, "it was meant to be" and such I think it's mostly dice and weather and a hand you barely touch But I'll tip my hat to the nothing, to the fork with no because 'Cause my whole entire beautiful life came from a coin toss and a pause [Instrumental solo] [Final Chorus] No particular reason, no particular sign Just a whim I can't account for on a perfectly plain-old-time And everything I love the most rode in on a maybe and a shrug No particular reason, just dumb luck and a hug No particular reason at all [Outro]
