Perfect Shade of Blue: Eleanor, age 12

Eleanor from St. Paul, Minnesota sent in this song. Have you ever had the realization that something wonderful you'd been looking for has been right in front of your very eyes? Perhaps it was something or someone you barely noticed or appreciated. Or used to appreciate but forgot. How could you have missed it? Eleanor does a terrific job of capturing that feeling of amazement and wonder. "In the days I didn't notice you/ Were your eyes this perfect shade of blue?" Congratulations, Eleanor...you wrote a hit song!

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Perfect Shade of Blue
by Eleanor, age 12

Sometimes perfect
Is just pretending that everything's okay
Even when it's not.
Sometimes magic
Is what happens while you look the other way.
I guess I just forgot.

I never thought
That there could be a perfect day until today.
I never dreamed it would be me that changed.
I guess I only needed rearranging.

Now there's magic in every step I take.
Now there's beauty in everything I do.
In the days I didn't notice you
Were your eyes this perfect shade of blue?

Sometimes perfect
My face was always put on for a show
And crying made it run.
Sometimes frightened
But I never let the pretty people know
I wasn't having fun.

Did you always
See the world this way?
Did you ever
Wonder whether I would turn around someday?
Did you stand there
Waiting patiently?
Knowing if you waited I would see.

I never thought
That there could be a perfect day--until today.
I never dreamed it would be me that changed.
I guess I only needed rearranging.

Now there's magic in every step I take.
Now there's beauty in everything I do.
In the days I didn't notice you
Were your eyes this perfect shade of blue?

Sometimes perfect
Is just pretending that everything's okay
Even when it's not.
Sometimes magic
Is what happens while you look the other way.
I guess I just forgot.

Together Make It More: Charlotte, age 12

Charlotte from Lombard, Illinois sent in this song. I love how she uses specific images in the chorus to illustrate her theme of togetherness. She shows us vividly that by working together, we can accomplish so much more than we could on our own. You can't have a chord without individual notes, you can't have "we" without "you and I." Just look at the beautiful way she describes that: "And just like a note/Finds its soul in a chord/We take what we have/And together make it more." Congratulations, Charlotte...you wrote a hit song!

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Together Make it More

By Charlotte, age 12

When we stand by ourselves

And go it alone

We can accomplish alot

But it’s sometimes a lonely road

There are things in this life

That just seem much better

When you take simple things

and combine them together

Chorus:

What is the sun

If we don’t have a sky?

There can’t be a we

If we don’t have a you and I

And just like a note

Finds its soul in a chord

We take what we have

And together make it more

A friend to lend a hand

Thanks for a job well done

For these things to occur

You must have more than one

A friend to watch your back

teachers grow your mind

Alone these things can’t be

They just exist when combined.

Chorus:

What is the sun

If we don’t have a sky

There can’t be a we

If we don’t have a you and I

And just like a note

Finds its soul in a chord

we take what we have

And together make it more

Bridge:

T. E. A. M. that Spells Team

Because together everyone achieves more; and that means

When you work together, it turns out better

Then everything’s O.K

And there is no I in team

Chorus:

What is the sun

If we don’t have a sky

There can’t be a we

If we don’t have a you and I

And just like a note

Finds its soul in a chord

we take what we have

And together make it more