Dad said, "Get a job, son   You can't just lay around, all summer long   Your school days are gone   What's gonna make you wanna make it on your own   Oh, what's wrong?"      So he took a square of paper   That he cut out of the Avery Evening News   'Wanted, manual labor   At the grocery store on 16th Avenue'      Stock the shelves   Sweep the place   He thought of lookin' somewhere else   Until he saw her face      He finally found a reason   To wake up early, every morning   Get his feet on the ground and get downtown   To be there right on time      'Cause he knows that she'll be waiting   She'll be working down the aisle   And he'd do anything   To see that small-town angel smile   Turns out, all he ever really needed was a reason      He never thought much about the future   But when a stock boy falls in love with a check-out girl   He's not allowed to offer   So he wants to make his way up in the world      He works all day   And studies late into the night   Yeah, it's tough to make the grade   Oh, but that's alright      'Cause he's finally found a reason   To wake up early, every morning   Get his feet on the ground and get downtown   To be there right on time      'Cause he knows that she'll be waiting   She'll be working down the aisle   And he'd do anything   To see that small-town angel smile   Turns out, all he ever really needed was a reason      He's never been much   At getting dressed up for the church   And that's just what he does   All because of her      You see he's finally found a reason   To wake up early, Saturday morning   Put his feet on the ground and go downtown   Gonna get there right on time      'Cause he knows that she'll be waiting   Her daddy will walk her down the aisle   And he'll promise God   He'll always make that small-town angel smile   Turns out, all he ever really needed      Turns out, all he ever really needed was a reason   Yeah, yeah, yeah, was a reason, yeah, yeah