I'm driving around town, kind of bored with the windows rolled down
See a girl on a bus stop bench, dressed to draw attention
Hoping everyone will stare, if she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
Wish I could hold her, tell her, show her, what she wants is already there
A star is a star, it doesn't have to try to shine
Water will fall, a bird just knows how to fly
You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom or learn how to fill up a room
You already are what you are and what you are is beautiful
Heard a story the other day, took place at the local VA
Saw a father talking to his dying son, this was his conversation
It's not supposed to be like this, you can't go first, I can't handle it
The boy said, dad now don't you cry, remember when I was a child what you used to tell me
When I'd ask why you'd say, gravity is gravity, it doesn't try to pull you down
A star is a star, it doesn't have to try to shine
Water will fall, a bird just knows how to fly
You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom or learn how to fill up a room
You already are what you are and what you are is beautiful
Now that's another story to tell, I give love to others but I give myself hell
I have to tell myself in every seed there's a perfect plan
Everything I hope to be I already am
A flower is a flower, it doesn't have to try to bloom
Light is light, just knows how to fill a room
And dark is dark, so the stars have 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 it can teach us we already are what we are and what we are is beautiful
And strong enough, and good enough, and bright enough
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