I'm driving around town

　　Kinda bored with the windows rolled down

　　See a girl on the 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 light 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

　　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

　　Stone is stone

　　It can't help but hold its ground

　　The wind just blows, though you can't see

　　It's everywhere like I'll always be

　　You already are what you are

　　And what you are is strong enough

　　Look in the mirror

　　Now that's another story to tell

　　I give love to others

　　But I give myself hell

　　I'd have to tell myself

　　"In every scene there's a perfect plan"

　　Everything I hoped to be

　　I already am

　　A flower is a flower

　　It doesn't have to try to bloom

　　And 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 a love 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

　　Thank you