Lyrics

A little girl stands all alone
On the stage of life
With her mother and father
Proudly beside her.
So to save them from the world
She grabs a hand
And puts an arm around the other
The mother
And it's the father
She holds gently in her hand.

Then suddenly
The time goes faster
And she sees just how
The years have past her
And she wonders
How she managed to be
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future
As she's

Standing all alone
On a crowded subway platform
Late at night
Watching and living
Reaching and giving
To a lonely man that passes by
She feels his soul
And has to try
Sharing and caring
Smiling just to help him ease the pain.

Then suddenly
The time goes faster
And she sees just how
The years have past her
And she wonders
How she managed to be
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future
As she stands.


Stepping through the tragedies
The vacancies of aging
Letting go of "cannot be's "
Of "won'ts" and "shouldn'ts"
"Couldn'ts", "don'ts " and "whys".
Standing on the doorstep
Of a mansion full of dreams
And walking right inside
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future as she's

Stepping through the violence
The broken glass,
The words that last forever
Letting go of "never tells "
And "never be's "
And "never even try's".
Standing on the doorstep
Of a mansion full of dreams
And walking right inside
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future as she's
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future as she's

Standing high on a mountaintop
With a boy
And truth that just won't stop
Pouring and seeping
Soaring and leaping
High as the clouds up above
And all she's wishing for is love
Freely and deeply
That he'd see
The gem inside her eyes.

Then suddenly
The time goes faster
And she sees just how
The years have past her
And she wonders
How she managed to be
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future as she's
Holding the whole world in her hands
Shaping the future
As she stands