Lyrics

[Spoken Intro]

Good evening.

It's nice to be home.

I see a lot of faces I remember from high school.

Back then I was the girl who sat by the window and never said much.

Anyway...

This song is for all of us who never quite found our place back then.

[Verse]

I sat by the window in homeroom
Watching everybody else
I knew every word to every song
But kept them to myself

[Transition]

The songs had been trapped inside my head
For all those years before
Then one day I couldn't hold them in
Couldn't hold them anymore

Then all the songs exploded...

And came tumbling out.

[Music builds - key change]

First came the songs about family...

Live to see your children, and their children too,
Every moment we cherish, every memory true.
In the good life we've made, let your spirit be free,
Bask in your glory, it's their time to be.

Then came the blues songs...

I wake with the sunrise, but the room still feels dark
Your picture on the dresser cuts a shadow through my heart
I still reach across the bed some nights without thinkin'
Then the silence hits so hard, I can almost hear it ringin'

Then came the love songs...

And if I were to marry, it might as well be you
You're just so easy to live with and you make me happy too
So lift your chin, I'll wipe those tears and see this challenge through
There's no one else in this whole world I'd rather be with than you

Then came the dancing songs...

Celebrate! We've got the whole world in our hands
Swing and sway! With laughter and love, we make our plans
Dance, dance, the night is young and wild
Celebrate! Come on, each heart like a child

And there were thousands more...

Songs of heartbreak
Songs of hope
Songs that helped me laugh And those that helped me cope

Songs of dreamers
Songs of friends
Songs that stayed with me to the end

They'd been waiting all those years
Hidden deep inside

Then all the songs came tumbling out

And I've been singing ever since.