Story Behind The Song

I wrote this musical about a grandmother wanting to live long enough to see her first and only grandchild. the song is a touching yet powerful opener to the musical. Everyone can relate to it. The whole musical is dedicated to my Mom, who died at age

Song Description

A grandmother starts out singing, wanting to pass along her life to her grandchild. The rest of the cast joins in to help - it's a cast of adults and young people, each group expressing their desire to pass down their history and to learn from each othe

Lyrics

GRANDMOTHER:
LOOKING BACK ON ALL THE YEARS, I WONDER, "WILL I LEAVE A MARK UPON THE EARTH?
HAVE I TOLD MY CHILDREN ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW? I LOOK TO GOD, TO HELP ME TELL THEM SO..."
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
WE WILL PASS IT ON TO YOU.
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION,
WE WILL SING OUR SONG FOR YOU. EACH GENERATION BRINGS A VISION FOR A BETTER WORLD
TO LIVE IN, AS ONE. AND SO WE FLY AWAY, TO SEIZE THE DAY -
OUR SONG HAS JUST BEGUN!
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION WE WILL NOT FORGET OUR PAST.
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION,
WE WILL MAKE OUR FUTURE LAST.
EACH GENERATION KEEPS THE HOPE ALIVE THAT WE'LL SURVIVE FOREVER, AS ONE. AND IN THE END WE'LL SAY, "WE FOUND THE WAY!" A SONG FOR EVERYONE - FOR EVERYONE - FOR EVERYONE.
GRANDDAUGHTER:
"AS I LOOK TO YOU, I LOOK WITH WONDER. CAN YOU TELL ME OF THE DAYS GONE BY? CAN YOU HELP ME FEEL THE PASSIONS IN YOUR HEART? THEN YOU AND I WILL NEVER BE APART." WE'LL NEVER BE APART!
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
WE WILL PASS IT ON TO YOU.
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
WE WILL SING OUR SONG FOR YOU.
EACH GENERATION KEEPS THE HOPE ALIVE THAT WE'LL SURVIVE FOREVER AS ONE. AND IN THE END WE'LL SAY, "WE FOUND THE WAY! A SONG FOR EVERYONE. FOR EVERYONE! ONE SONG. FOR EVERYONE! OUR SONG. FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION!