About This Song: (lyrics below)
This is about staying true to your “dream” or “vision” in spite of slammed doors, disappointments and set backs.
Stand Tall
Song# 341 | Fall 2003, Winter 2004, Fall 2004 | CD: Eyes On The Horizon
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 running in your head?
Was it a feeling in your gut
Was it an open door you imagined shut
You decide. You decide to…
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 and
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, ’cause
You decide. You decide to…
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
So 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 to…
Refrain:
Copyright 2003-2015 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
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