A Tiny Rose
My father was a thinker
And he thought the most of me
He said I'd have a heliopad
And access to the sea
He said, "it's good, look/ For the book
I know you'll have inside"
And when he said these things to me
My mother, she would cry
Chorus "A tiny rose, is all she needs to be
A tiny rose, no further than that seems
Stiff icing rose, you might think that that means
A tiny rose, is all she needs to be"
My father was a dreamer and he dreamt the most for me
He never told me that in life there are no guarantees
He said, "there's no free lunch, but I've a hunch that you'll go far"
My mother acted like he'd made
A wish upon a star
Chorus "A tiny rose, is all she needs to be
A tiny rose, no further than that seems
Stiff icing rose, you might think that that means
A tiny rose, is all she needs to be"
My father saw my pain and strife and sadness found in life
He told me, "don't you go alone"/ I said, "I can't reply"
Before the day I found true love, he said he must depart
I wish he'd known I'd finally grown a blesséd mortal heart
Chorus A tiny rose, is all you need to be
A tiny rose, no further than that seems
Stiff icing rose, you might think that that means
A tiny rose, is all you need to be
Selected Lyrics
Fiji Mermaid
from Colors That Shine
Through Stones
It's true that we have to make our way
Through stones
It's true that we have to make our way
Through stones
Chorus Through stones, we will have our say
We'll make another day, we'll make our way
Through stones
I knew I would sometimes feel alone
But I did not feel under my feet
The true stones
A vale of tears walked I, through which a world
I could not circumscribe
The path on which I walked and made my marks
They weren't writ in stone, but written in the dark
A past that I knew not why, it slowed my way
It made it rough and shady each day
And then one day, a thought came to my mind
A clear white air
That breached the sky
And then I could feel my feet, I knew I'd walked
Through stones
Chorus Through stones we will find our way
We'll have our say, we'll make a better day
Through stones
Don't Be Cold While You're Young
Don't be cold while you're young
Though the pain is still there
You have every right to love
You have every means to care
Don't be cold like a wave
That sweeps all out to sea
Find the one that you love
And the place you need to be