Bright Idea

from Where It Began by Shellee Coley

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I'd like a bright idea / I'd like a light at the end of the tunnel / I'd like a day that's clear / Or at least a night so bright it chases down my fears // And blows them all away / Sneezes at yesterday / Flexes her muscles at the future / And always gets her way // Oh I'd like a soul that sings / And a heart so light it carries all the heavy things / I'd like a bell that rings / Every time I start to sprout a pair of angel wings // And float into the sky / Give into great delight / Eat all my troubles like lemon drops / And take the rainbow slide // I'd like a life that lives / And a pair of reaching hands that always want to give / I'd like a conscience clear / Of hurting all the people that I hold so dear // And someday I’ll get it right / Be able to sleep at night / Living and loving and growing and knowing / I'll never get it right // I'd still like a, I'd like a, I'd like a, oh I'd like / I'd like a, I'd like a, I'd like a, oh I'd like // Someday to get it right / Be able to sleep at night / Living and loving and growing and knowing / I'll never get it right / But I'd still like a bright idea / I'd like a soul that sings / I'd like a conscience clear // Oh and I'd like a, I'd like a, I'd like a, oh I'd like / I'd like a, I'd like a, I'd like a, oh I'd like

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from Where It Began, released February 28, 2012
Written by Shellee Coley

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