LYRICS
Sometimes Brave is Small
Among the dew and mossy stones a tiny snail travels home
But whither to go he does not know
"I've gotta get back to my mom
Past these stones, I've gotta go on
And I won't hide away!"
Then the wind blows so strong
Come, my friend
Come out and try it again
Hey, you've got to be brave today
And sometimes brave is small
Among the nettles, the forest floor
A tiny snail travels home
But whither to go, he does not know
"I've gotta get back to my mom
Past these thorns, I've gotta go on
And I won't hide away!"
Then the rain falls, so strong
Come, my friend
Come out and try it again
Hey, you've got to be brave today
And sometimes brave is small
Among the ferns of the fallen tree
A mama snail finally sees her son
And she runs...
Ten minutes later they meet
And they eat watercress and ramps for treats
"Hey," she says, "you were so brave today!"
Sometimes brave is small
You can't see it at all
But be brave!
Hey, you were so brave today
Sometimes brave is small
But be brave
lyrics copyright Roșie & Biff, 2021
Airplane
Airplane way up high
drawing lines 'cross the sky
Where do you go and do you see me down here?
Airplane, growing small
I heard you first, then not at all
where do you go when you leave me down here?
Do you ride on your wings to islands
Sway along in the gentle jungle breeze?
Over the desert silent
To tumbling fields of grain
Patched along the plains?
Airplane way up high
drawing lines 'cross the sky
Where do you go and do you see me down here?
Do you ride on your wings to islands
Sway along in the gentle jungle breeze?
Over the desert silent
To tumbling fields of grain
Patched along the plains?
Airplane, fly along
Race the wind, Chase the sun
Jump through the clouds
I'll count 'em one by one
And when you're gone
I think I'll run along
So much to do and learn and think of down here!
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
The Builders
Outside my window I hear the machines
The rumble and scrape and the noisy 'beep beep beep'
Before I see them I know what it means
They're building here, a building here
I open the curtain and look below
They're moving and buildlin up vertically each load
A frame starts to rise
They're working low, they're working high
They build the buildings
The buildings they build
Build with boxes bricks and blocks
'Til the spaces are filled
They build the buildings
The buildings they build
And they keep building up to the top!
I hope they never stop
But I can't just sit still
So let's pull our my blocks
And together we will
Build up the biggest and the tallest
Amazingest, awesomest
Tower the world's ever seen
You and me
Builders we'll be!
We'll build the buildings
The buildings we'll build
Build with boxes bricks and blocks
'Til the spaces are filled
We'll build the buildings
The buildings we'll build
And we'll keep building up to the top!
Oh no, our tower is breaking down
It falls to the ground
Oh no, what will we do now?
We'll build the buildings
The buildings we'll build
Build with boxes bricks and blocks
'Til the spaces are filled (x3)
We'll build the buildings
The buildings we'll build
And we will not stop!
It's just what we do
It's just who we are
And we'll keep building up to the top!
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
Secret Place
Let's make a secret place
A magic place to be
For wild and free adventuring
For growing our dreams
'Cause while the world is shaky
Noisy making, busy as can be
We'll be lost
We'll be away, away in our secret place
I know a tree with a roof of leaves
A quiet spot we can claim
So far away from everything
We'll carve out a space
'Cause while the world is shaky
Noisy making, busy as can be
We'll be lost
We'll be away, away in our secret place
Far, far from the world
We can be anything we dream
Imagine who we'll be!
Each day we are growing
Tucked away in our very own place
'Til there's nothing that we cannot face!
Let's make a secret place
A magic place to be
For wild and free adventuring
For growing our dreams
'Cause while the world is shaky
Noisy making, busy as can be
We'll be lost
We'll be away, away in our secret place
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
Puddle Town
Hey, weatherman
What's with the weather, man?
Why are the skies so grey?
I'm feeling blue
All of my plans are changing because of you
It's best in times like these to grab your coat
There's no holding back the rain!
And if you're blue
I'll watch with you
See how the rain is changing everything
Into puddle town?
I see the rain is changing everything
Into puddle town
The drip, drop grows even stronger now
Songbirds duck under cover
A frog leaps from pond to pond
Fish jump out of the water now
We laugh for joy while a beetle bug
Floats on his back for a ride
The water racing
Carrying the leaves floating down
The rain is changing everything into puddle town
The drip, drop slowing
Evening falling as fireflies
Light up the sky
The light is twinkling
Dancing all around puddle town
The light is twinkling
Dancing all around puddle town
This time with you has turned my point of view around
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
Your Story
You are the only you that's ever been
You have a beating heart
And a soul to ride the wind!
And sometimes
You fall down
Try and Try you just hit the ground
But it's you who writes your story
So don't you ever worry
Just rise up and try again!
Just listen with your heart open wide
It's you who writes your story
And no one can change it, my friend
Living a life takes a lot of messing up
(A lot of messing up)
You may be brought low and bruised
But you're not busted up!
And sometimes
Things go wrong
Or the world may tell you
That you do not belong
But it's you who writes your story
So don't you ever worry
Just rise up and try again!
Just listen with your heart open wide
It's you who writes your story
And no one can change it, my friend
But it's you who writes your story
So don't you ever worry
Just rise up and try again!
Just listen with your heart open wide
It's you who writes your story
And no one can change it, my friend
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
Never Came Back
My hands brushed a spark
Flickering in the dark
A firefly to keep me company
But it never came back
Never came back to me
I watch the snow
Light upon my coat
Every piece a tiny symphony
As it melted away
Such a beautiful thing!
But it never came back
Never came back to me
At night all the stars appear
But it's too bright to tell from here
The lights, all the lights are in the way
These fragile things
We know
We'll never hold
We cannot keep
But above the noise
Above the lights
I know we'll rise
There's more to see
And for all that we know
We're never quite alone
There's music if you listen to the breeze
But it passed and was gone
The mysterious song
And it never came back
Never came back to me
At night all the stars appear
But it's too bright to tell from here
The lights, all the lights are in the way
These fragile things
We know
We'll never hold
We cannot keep
But above the noise
Above the lights
I know we'll rise
There's more to see
And all this rain
Is just passing on its way
To fill the rivers and the streams
And I know even now
It's a beautiful thing
That it never came back
Never came back
To me
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
Bird for a Day
What if you were a bird for one whole day
What do you think you would do?
What if you were a bird for one whole day
Would you fly to someplace new?
Maybe I would wake up and catch that worm
Like an early bird would do
Or maybe I'd be like a lazy owl
And wake up with the moon
What if you were a bird for one whole day
What do you think you would do?
What if you were a bird for one whole day
Would you fly to someplace new?
Would you bounce on a cloud
Or dive through the air
Or sing a bluebird song?
Would you build a nest
And get some rest
And dream of starry treetops all night long?
I think for one day it would be quite grand
To leave and fly away
But I am who I am for a reason
And as me that's how I'll stay
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021
Birds in the Night, an interlude
Birds in the night that sweetly call
Winds in the night that softly sigh
Come to me, help me
One and all
And sing, sing, sing me a lullaby
Lyrics by Lionel H Lewin
Music by Arthur S Sullivan, 1869. (public domain)
La Lune
Try to sleep
To sleep they tell me
But the moon won't stop
It won't stop calling me
Silver through the trees
So I slip
I tiptoe, tiptoe
Through the window
Where I watch the breeze
Of August and the leaves
'Til down, down, down
They reach the ground
Racing footsteps
Racing heartbeat
To the park, the lake, the mist
The geese that rise in flight
Following the light of the moon
La Lune
I call to the sky
And the geese hear my cry
Then together we are rising
The tiny homes, the trees, the hills
The mountains, lakes the rush the thrill
Of circling scenes below
Stars and moon aglow
On and on and on we fly
The wind surrounding, rushing by
I close my eyes
Moonlight spills across my pillow
I'm in my home, my bed, my room
There's no one here but I
And the lullaby of the moon
La Lune
Lyrics copyright Rosie & Biff, 2021