You Owe It To The World
Reflective Ballad Robb
Murray Music, (c) 2002
Sound of light
thunderstorm, wind chimes
(oboe, piano
intro)
1
"You owe it to the world" - it finally hit
me
A funny thought -- I'd only felt
before [vibration]
It took so many years - - to come and fit me
Like a key supplied to pass a secret door
2 - oboe now
accompanies
"You owe it to the world" - to waken
happy [harp]
To feel the sun, and know it shines for
you [triangle
plays g1]
The fondest dreams you have -- are meant to happen
And you owe it to the world to make them true.
Refrain 1
So heed the inspiration of your mind
The highest voice in all of humankind.
3
We only have so long - the end is certain
Our life is brief - an eyeblink and we're gone.
Unveil what’s
in your heart -- and raise the curtain
For we only have today to sing our song.
Refrain-2 --
harp streams
Claim the dream that makes you glad you are alive
And feel your laughter swelling deep and rich inside
4 [bump up a key] –choral
ah
We owe it to our life -- on earth together
To pass along the depth of heart we have received
So those who follow on - into forever --
Feel a more fulfilling life because we lived
5 strings
– coronet plays descant
We owe it to the flow -- of human lifetimes -
To leave a song within the stars' eternal void
And laugh, so all who go -- celestial pathways
Feel vibrations of the love we have
enjoyed
[tympani or thunderclap]
Refrain 3
-- tympani
There’s no more time to wait, so let your colors show
--
And take your aim upon the highest things you know.
[violin streams trail\
melody plays,
descant is sung at half-lines
You’re the one to make it possible -- ahh
Run and catch and make it possible! – ah!
. . Because you owe it to the world . . . (tympani)
first ah – query
second ah –
triumphal – going out on the tide, sound
of sea bells and ocean birds