Build Me a Bridge

I have known that you and I

have never been quite the same.

And I used to look up at the stars at night

and wonder which one was from where I came.

Because you seem to be part of another world

and I will never know what it's made of.

Unless you build me a bridge, build me a bridge,

build me a bridge out of love.

I long for the day that you smile at me

just because you realize

that there's a decent and intelligent person

buried deep in my kaleidoscope eyes.

For I have see the way people look at me

Though I have done nothing wrong.

Build me a bridge, build me a bridge,

And please don't take too long.

Living on the edge of fear.

Voices echo like thunder in my ear.

See me hiding every day.

I'm just waiting for the fear to lift away.

I want so much to be part of your world.

I want so much to break through.

And all I need is to have a bridge,

a bridge built from me to you.

And I will be together with you forever,

and nothing can keep us apart.

If you build me a bridge, a tiny, little bridge

from my soul, down deep into you heart.

From Soon Will Come the Light

By Thomas McKean