No One Else Can Sing Your Song

Child, wide open to wonder, part of everything you see
Free – in each living moment: your next discovery
You sing with the wind
You dance with the trees
You know you belong to this world
You hear the song you came to sing in everything
Child, as you grew older, you learned to hide your song
Denied the magic inside you, so desperate to belong
There were those who stilled your voice
Said dancing was done
And left you there lost and alone
Your song fell silent, locked away, until today
The truth is your song never leaves you
It’s you who leave your song
It’s waiting so faithfully for you to return
There’s no shame in wandering
All the things you have learned
On your way....to this day
Why, why waste a heartbeat
Doubting what is true?
I will help you remember the gifts I’ve seen in you
As long as you have breath, there is still time
To awaken the dream that’s been yours all along
And if you don’t sing it, no one else can sing your song.

Chorus

“Child, wide open to wonder.....”

Lyrics by Stephanie Pace Marshall
Performed by Barbara McAfee
copyright @Big Bug Music&Stephanie Pace Marshall