Words and Music by Fred Small

Copyright 1994 Pine Barrens Music (BMI)





Awake arise all you who slumber

Daylight is driving the stars from the sky

Every creature on earth one song is lifting

From the crab in the tide pool to the petrel in flight

The dew on the grass is a river of silver

The sun on the hills is a veil of gold

Every day is a lifetime of fresh beginnings

Twenty-four untouched hours poised to unfold



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So lay down your disappointment and yearning

Everything will be all right

You can't stop this big world from turning

But a dream need not fade in the light



Along the highway neon jewels

Lure us away from our chosen course

Always and again one moment of decision

Do I love myself or my addiction more?

Do not mistake stark fear for failure

Nor the darkness for the night

Though we search for the end of the rainbow

All we seek stands within our sight



Chorus



Who was it told you you didn't deserve love?

Who was it told you you were never good enough?

Voices of the dead just delay and defeat us

Turn your face to the light that is lifting you up



In our ears humanity's clamor

Some we name enemy some we call friend

In both we see our flawed reflection

Lonely and frightened we pose and pretend

May the walls of our hearts soften and open

To comfort the stranger in hunger and pain

Inside every story the seed of understanding

Every leaf is its own but the tree is the same



Chorus