Stand Tall           Fall 2003

 

A rainy day and it’s not yours

You had to face a few slammed doors

So you sit and hang your head (wondering how to earn some bread)

Was it something someone said?

Or is it a picture in your head?

Was it a feeling in your gut

Was it an open door you imagined shut

You decide.

 

Refrain:

Stand tall. Force a grin. Forget the loss and count the win

Hold fast. Dig down deep. First you sow and then you reap

Look up. Breathe it in. You’ve got the gold of Solomon

Look left, Look right. Brighten up your inner light

 

When did you decide to lose?

Don’t you know we always choose

To retreat or to go forward

To move away or to move towards

So pick yourself up off the boards

Give yourself an award

You gave it your best shot and now it’s time to dig down deep

And pull out just a little more, pull out just a little more.

You decide.

 

Refrain:

 

What just changed? Not the world, the world’s the same

You just rearranged your perception

You shifted your focus and in the process chose to let go of some old pain.

That’s right! Take it, shrink it down, fade it out, push it far away and Let it go!

Rearrange it into something you can learn from.

Now you know. And it just goes to show…

It’s lost it’s power over you hasn’t it?

And every thought has become a friend

Like the cripple throwing a way his crutch or

the shy kid reaching out his hand

And looking you right in the eye with an open smile and warmly inviting you to dance…

It’s the shy kid inviting you to dance...

You decide. You decide.