Small Fred A Dream In The Light
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 Chorus: 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
