D5 - E5 D5 I'm driving around town E5 Kinda bored with the windows rolled down D5 See a girl on a bus stop bench G5 Dressed to draw attention D5 Hoping everyone will stare E5 If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear D5 I wish I could hold her, tell her, show her G5 A5 What she wants is already there D5 A star is a star E5 It doesn't have to try to shine D5 Water will fall G5 A bird just knows how to to fly D5 You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom D5 Or light how to fill up a room E5 You already are what you are and what you are D5 - E5 - D5 Is beautiful D5 Heard a story the other day E5 Took place at the local VA D5 A father talking to his dying son G5 This was his conversation D5 It's not supposed to be like this E5 You can't go first I can't handle it D5 The boy said Dad now don't you cry, G5 A5 Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why? D5 (You'd say) Gravity is gravity E5 It doesn't try to pull you down D5 Stone is stone G5 It can't help but hold its ground D5 The wind just blows, though you can't see D5 It's everywhere like I'll always be E5 You already are what you are D5 - E5 - D5 And what you are is strong enough E5 Look in the mirror B5 Now that's another story to tell E5 I give love to others A5 But I give myself hell E5 I have to tell myself B5 In every seed there's a perfect plan E5 Everything I hoped to be G5 I already am D5 A flower is a flower E5 It doesn't have to try to bloom D5 And light is light G5 Just knows how to fill a room D5 And dark is dark E5 So the stars have a place to shine D5 The tide goes out G5 So it can come back another time D5 Goodbye makes a love so sweet D5 And love is love so it can teach us E5 We already are what we are D5 - E5 - D5 And what we are is beautiful D5 And strong enough D5 And good enough D5 - E5 - D5 And bright enough