Invaluable

There are amazing people we can see
Who never ever get a chance
Like many books in any library
That hardly even get a glance
But you’ll discover when they open up
And when you read them well
Each and every one has got a special meaning
A story of their own to tell

Some are bigger, some are smaller
Some are shorter, some are taller
Some black and white ones
Some full color
But all have got a lot to say
Yay, yay, yay!
Lots to say

There are amazing people we can see
Who never do get pointed out
Like many books in any library
You don’t know what they’re all about
And only seeing what the cover’s like
Says nothing ‘bout the rest
But every single person that you spend some time with
Is surely gonna pass the test

Some are bigger, some are smaller …

There are amazing people we can see
Who won’t get noticed in themselves
Like many books in any library
Just getting dusty on the shelf
The total picture, who they really are
Maybe their covers hide
But every single page will add a new dimension
You’ll see it if you only try, bam, bam, ba-a-a-m

Some are bigger, some are smaller …

Amazing people!
Some are bigger, some are smaller …
Yay, yay, yay! Lots to say. Yay, yay, yay. Lots to say
Woh, oh oh, yay yay yay!
Amazing people …
Yay!

I wanna do a lot
That never comes to be
I give it all I’ve got
And jump in totally
I guess it is a big mistake
to try and do it all at once
I’ve got to learn to take a break
And seize the moment as it comes
I’m gonna make it if I take it
Little by little

It doesn’t take much
To tear a building down
But when you’re building up
You’ve got to stick around
And as long as we’re alive
We can really share a hope
And when we do our work can thrive
There’s always a way to cope
And we will make it if we take it
Little by little

It’s gonna take a while
To make the world anew
Together we can smile
And work to see it through
We’re gonna need a place to start
To mend a broken world again
And from there just do our part
And stay there till the end
We’re gonna make it if we take it
Little by little

I hope you know that you are invaluable
It’s clear as any shining star
It’s not because you are infallible
You’re simply loved for who you are

So many people may be telling you
You must behave a certain way
Just know the love of God accepts you right away
All the time, every day

I hope you know that you are invaluable …

It’s true the world needs someone just like you
No one can do the things you do
With all the dreams you have and ventures to pursue
You can do what’s truly you

I hope you know that you are invaluable …

It’s not because you are infallible
You’re simply loved for who you are

I really do believe we cannot live alone
We’d never make it on our own
Once in a garden lived a woman and a man
According to a master plan
They would be together so they could form a family
According to the story that’s you and me
Everybody human is in a family by birth
No one is an island, no one on earth

It takes relationships to make a life complete
You need the people that you meet
And still, it seems the way we live our lives today
Is taking us another way
Technical devices and only staring at a screen
Limit our sharing, they come in between
Everybody human has a desire to relate
Get the right connection, that is our fate

Is there a choir for us
I mean a world wide chorus
Where we can blend our voices me and you
And sing a song together
Cause we belong together
Is that a dream that really will come true?

A truly human being living long ago
The best example that we know
Gives us a reason why we all can live as one
Gives us a hope to carry on
We can get together and we can make a brand new start
Make a new beginning - one from the heart
Everybody human would know that life is but a choice
Let us get together - sing with one voice

Are you ready to leave the bubble you were building in the air
And prepared to meet the trouble which can be so hard to bear
You created an illusion where you hid all misery
Bring it out into the open so that all can see the reality

Trying to be a person where you’re living in disguise
Only makes the trouble worsen though you thought it would be nice
The masquerade you put your hope in never keeps you satisfied
Bring it out into the open where there’s nothing more to hide
Face the reality

Welcome back home to yourself again, nothing to loose now
Or will you stay on the shelf again?
You’ve got to choose now

Bring it out into the open
Face the reality
Welcome back home to yourself again …

The role that you’ve been playing hasn’t really worked for you
But there’s someone here who knows you
And who sees you through and through
You are unmasked, but forgiven by the one who knows it all
Bring it out into the open
Now’s the time to heed the call back to yourself again

Welcome out of your masquerade without any shame now
Throwing away the disguise you made, make it your aim now
Welcome back home to yourself again without any shame now
Putting away the charade you played, ending the game now

Gotta go, gotta get away
That’s an easy thing to say
But we’ve got to deal anyway
With what we see today

Yesterday’s dead and gone
Nothing to depend upon
When what tomorrow has in store
Knocks on the door

Not in the bye and bye
But only blink your eye
And it will be at hand
Futureland

More violence and robot planes
Or peace and love that reigns
Putting down and caring less
Or showing tenderness

A higher speed in the status rush
Or staying free to say “enough”
Isolated privacy
Or community

Not in the bye and bye …

More nuclear power plants
Or trees and flower plants
Only pollution everywhere
Or birds in the air

A future for you and me
Do you believe it’s gonna be
The way we act today will show
If it’s yes or no

Not in the bye and bye …

Not in the bye and bye …

I’ve been lying in my bed and thinking
about the day I die
Thought of others and myself and wondered
’bout a life gone by
All the things that I spent my time on
Did it have any value
All the words that I said
And everything I have done
Did it help anybody to manage
Has it been to someone’s advantage
That’s a hope that I carry

There are people who keep very busy
Always walking tall
Some are quieter and take it easy
Feeling rather small
What you do out of love, however
Has a meaning that matters
Other things that you try eventually fade away
Every action of love will remain
True compassion is never in vain
That’s a hope that I carry

When I’m done and when my life is over
I can do no more
And there’s nothing I will be in need of
Like I was before
So the more that I think about it
All the better I see it
On that day there is nothing I can depend upon
But the promise I got from a man
Who was dead but is risen again
That’s a hope that I carry

Come and soothe your tired feet now
You’ve been traveling for so long
Let the hay receive your body
Fall asleep to your own song

Don’t you worry ‘bout tomorrow
Let tomorrow bear its pain
This old barn is yours to borrow
Safe from all that wind and rain

Come and soothe your tired feet now …

You’re looked down upon and taunted
So your pride’s not very strong
But there’s a place where you are wanted
Heaven knows where you belong

Come and soothe your tired feet now …

I don’t have a lot of anything
Yet have a lack of nothing
More than enough of everything
More than a millionaire

I’ve got a lot to laugh about
I’ve got a lot to smile at
I’ve got a lot to sing about
More than enough to share

Got it all - I’ve got you
All I need - Yes and it’s true
All you say - All that you do
Got it all, I’ve got you

I’ve got a lot to talk about
Something to take a stand for
Reason enough to sing and shout
Just got to let it out

You are the one that I can trust
You never disappoint me
Somebody that I need so much
Never is out of touch

Got it all - I’ve got you …

Everything abundantly
Just as good as it can be
It’s a miracle to me
Easy to see
All is well and all is fair
Everything that we can share
All the time and everywhere
Plenty to spare

I don’t have a lot of anything …

I’ve got a lot to laugh about …

Got it all …

There are many times I have just started out a-playing
Without really thinking ‘bout the fact that you are there
Hearing every note I play and every word I’m saying
Does it mean a thing to you or do you even care

Please let me know your thoughts about what I am saying
Please, will you tell me, cause I really want to know
What’s your reaction to my singing and playing
Does it really matter, does it mean something to you

Do you think the songs are really much too introspective
Do they leave a question mark, or not a mark at all?
Do you find the words, the beat and melodies effective?
I’ll be here to listen if you come around to call

Please let me know …

What I hope will happen when you listen to my music
Is for you to feel that we have reached a common ground
And once we get there we can try to never ever lose it
Sincerely sharing where we’ve been and we’re bound

Please let me know …