by Sara Stutz
Live Recording from Song Village 2025
Melody, low and high harmonies for chorus:
Lyrics:
Chorus (with harmonies):
- Well look at that, you’re beautiful and look at that, you’re beautiful, and look at that, you’re beautiful and, you keep me going!
Call and Echo (encourage people to throw in harmonies if they’d like on the echo – also you could zipper in other words if inspired):
1. The light, (the light), these trees (these trees), these birds (these birds) their song. x2
Chorus
2. Your face (your face), your heart (your heart), your voice (your voice), your song (your song) x2 – gesturing to others
Chorus
3. This place (this place), this time (this time), this space (this space), this song (this song) x2
Chorus
4. This breath (this breath), these lungs (these lungs), this voice (this voice), this song (this song) – gesturing to self.
Chorus
This song came exploding in one morning in Spring 2025. I was full of worry about world events and went out in the dawn hours to walk the dog and perhaps clear my head. My stubborn brain wanted to hold on to despair and stay in the problem, yet everywhere I looked, there was over-the-top beauty: dappled light, dew-covered spider webs, flowers bursting open on the trees and carpets of freshly fallen flowers on beautiful green grass with birds singing their very best songs. It was absurdly beautiful. At a certain point, I just had to laugh and plunge in to the beauty. The other events were still happening, and I was gratefully in a much better state to deal with whatever might be next.
This song invites playful, joyful, interactive singing. Have fun with it!