What You Are
I'm driving around town
Kinda bored, windows rolled down
I turn to notice a girl on a bus stop bench
Dressed to draw attention
Hoping everyone will stare
Afraid if she don't stand out
She will disappear
I wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
You can't get there from here
A star is a star
It doesn't have to try to shine
You don't have to teach water to fall
Or a bird how to fly
You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
Or light how to fill up a room
You already are what you are
And what you are
Is beautiful
I heard a story the other day
Took place at the local V.A.
A father talking to his dying son
This was his conversation:
It's not supposed to be like this
My kid can't go first, I can't handle it
The boy said dad do not cry
Do you remember what you used to tell me
When I used to ask why?
You told me
Gravity is gravity
It doesn't try to pull you down
The tide is the tide,
Made to roll in and go out
The wind just blows though you cannot see
It's everywhere just like I will always be
And you already are what you are
And what you are
Is strong enough
Look in the mirror
Now that's another story to tell
It's easy to give love to others
But I give myself hell
I have to tell myself - remember
In every seed there's a perfect plan
And remember what i'm striving for
Is already in my hands
Dark is dark
So a star has a place to shine
The tide goes out
So it can come back another time
Goodbye makes hello so sweet
And love is love so that it can teach
Us that
We already are what we are
And what we are
Is beautiful
And strong enough
And good enough
We are stars in each others' sky
Written by Jewel and Dave Berg
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