8 Good Reasons
Sinéad O’Connor * Track #9 On I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss
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8 Good Reasons by Sinéad O'Connor
Release Date
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Sinéad O’ConnorProduced by
John ReynoldsAbout
In an interview in Issue 2229 of Between The Lines News, O'Connor acknowledges that this song is about the desire to commit suicide. She says that the “8 good reasons to stick around” are her children’s eyes and that the ninth reason is “a secret”.
8 Good Reasons Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Don't know if I should quite sing this song
Don't know if it maybe might be wrong
But then again it maybe might be right
To tell you 'bout the bullet and the red light
[Verse 2]
You know I'm not from this place
I'm from a different time, different space
And it's real uncomfortable
To be stuck somewhere you just don't belong
[Chorus]
But I got eight good reasons to stick around
Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now
[Verse 3]
I had a dream one night
About a bullet and a red light
You know it felt alright
You know it actually felt quite nice
[Spoken Interlude]
If I could have gone
Without it hurting anyone
Like a child, I would have found me mum
Like a bird I would have been flown
[Verse 4]
You know I don't much like life
I don't mind admitting that it ain't right
You know I love to make music
But my head got wrecked by the business
[Verse 5]
Everybody wanting something from me
They rarely ever wanna just know me
I became the stranger no one sees
Cut glass I've crawled upon my knees
[Chorus]
But I got eight good reasons to stick around
Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now
[Verse 3]
I had a dream one night
About a bullet and a red light
You know it felt alright
You know it actually felt quite nice
[Chorus]
But I got eight good reasons to stick around
Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now
Eight good reasons to stick around
Eight good reasons, well maybe nine now
Well maybe nine now
8 Good Reasons Q&A
Who wrote 8 Good Reasons's ?
8 Good Reasons was written by Graham Kearns & John Reynolds & Sinéad O’Connor.
Who produced 8 Good Reasons's ?
8 Good Reasons was produced by John Reynolds.
When did Sinéad O’Connor release 8 Good Reasons?
Sinéad O’Connor released 8 Good Reasons on Mon Nov 17 2014.
What did Sinéad O'Connor say about "8 Good Reasons"?
In the case where songs are very personal it becomes subconscious when you write them. You don’t really know why you wrote it, you just had to write it. I was working with a guitar player named Graham Kearns and he wrote the music for the song and sent it to me. I don’t know…I just felt I had to wri...