From the recording After The Rainbow - Songs From The Show
Lyrics
WHEN I WOKE UP TODAY THERE WAS SO MUCH TO DO
HAD TO GET ON MY WAY HAD TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON COMMITMENTS I MADE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
DOESN’T FEEL LIKE A CHOICE MORE LIKE MAKING DO
OR JUST GETTING BY TIL I MAKE IT TO
THE END OF THE DAY OR THE… END OF THE ROAD
BUT WHAT IS A LIFE MEANT TO BE
DOES IT HAVE TO BE EPIC AND WILD AND FREE
OR CAN IT BE ALL THE LITTLE THINGS
THAT HELP ME BELIEVE
THAT THIS IS LIVING IT’S THE TAKING AND THE GIVING
IT’S THE OFFERING OF LOVE AND THE HOLDING OF HANDS
THIS IS LIVING THE MISTAKING AND FORGIVING
IT’S THE RIPPLING OF THE WATER OVER THE SANDS
AGAIN AND AGAIN
AND I’M LEARNING TO WALK IN THE WAY OF MY DREAMS
WITH MY FEET ON THE GROUND AND MY HEART IN BETWEEN
AND I’M LIST’NIN FOR HOW I’M UNFOLDING THE WAY
BY WALKING IT
DOESN’T FEEL LIKE A PLAN IT’S A SCAVENGER HUNT
WHERE THE CLUES THAT I LAND ARE WHAT MOVE ME ON
TO THE UNKNOWN ADVENTURE I WAS BORN TO LEAD
THIS IS LIVING IT’S THE TAKING AND THE GIVING
IT’S THE OFFERING OF LOVE AND THE HOLDING OF HANDS
THIS IS LIVING THE MISTAKING AND FORGIVING
IT’S THE RIPPLING OF THE WATER OVER THE SANDS
AND WHEN IT’S OVER I PRAY THAT I LOVED YOU EVERY DAY
THAT I WENT AFTER WHAT I WANTED WHILE I STAYED
IN SERVICE TO THE WORLD
WHILE REMEMBERING THE GIRL
WHO JUST WANTS TO LOVE AND HELP EVERYONE PLAY AND SEE
THAT THIS IS LIVING IT’S THE TAKING AND THE GIVING
IT’S THE OFFERING OF LOVE AND THE HOLDING OF HANDS
THIS IS LIVING THE MISTAKING AND FORGIVING
IT’S THE RIPPLING OF THE WATER OVER THE SANDS
AGAIN AND AGAIN