2005 Great Waters Songwriting Contest Winner

Tiny Stars
Craig Werth, Newmarket, NH
http://www.worldpath.net/~werth/

He just learned these new chords
he barely knows his words
but it's his big chance for being heard
and he's on in six more minutes

She's played for quite some time
she stops and starts on every line
her heart's been broken, like yours and mine
and she dares to sing it out

In coffeehouses, corner bars
in office space, in your own back yard
some sing on stage, many more in cars
God bless these tiny stars

He plays in his one room
no one's heard, but they will soon
when he gets it right, just this one tune
he's been working on for years

She drove three hours to this place
to sing out her heart to seven faces
for twenty dollars and a taste
of telling her own story

In coffeehouses, corner bars
in office space, in your own back yard
some sing on stage, many more in cars
God bless these tiny stars

each a small and longing light
thousands of them burning bright
you can hear them sparkle in the night
all these tiny stars

I am one, you may be too
if you hear me, and I hear you
then we'll both know we're getting through
to, at least, one other

In coffeehouses, corner bars
in office space, in your own back yard
some sing on stage, many more in cars
God bless these tiny stars