Stars and Treasure

You're a treasure:
You're a star!
When you find out who you really are,
You will realize that each day of your life
Is designed to bring out the strength inside
That is yours when you lay hold of Love.

You're so young now,
At least it seems so
When I look across the years of our lives.
We both seek understanding, kindness and hope,
And we laugh and we cry
But you play more than I
And you dance the dance of the free.

     Stars and treasure, stars and treasure,
     Stars and treasure everywhere!
     Stars and treasure, stars and treasure:
     Look with the eyes of your heart.
     Yes, look with the eyes of your heart.


You're a treasure:
You're a star!
When you find out who you really are,
You'll give thanks for these days
-- all the pleasure and pain --
And your memories will shine as the jewels in the crown
That is yours when you lay hold of Love.

You'll be grown soon,
At least it seems so
As I look across the years of our lives.
You'll be out on your own, making choices unknown;
So take heed, child of mine, to these lessons in time
And keep dancing the dance of the free.


     Stars and treasure, stars and treasure,
     Stars and treasure everywhere!
     Stars and treasure, stars and treasure:
     Look with the eyes of your heart.
     Yes, look with the eyes of your heart.

We're together,
Look and see:
There are treasures and stars everywhere!
Some are hidden, some are showing,
Some are dark, some are glowing.
You were born for this hour, so rise up in the power
That is yours when you lay hold of Love.

(Originally sung and published in 1993 as a tribute
to the 1993 graduating class
of River Road Elementary in Eugene, Oregon)