Follow Your Heart
Here is a song for children, complete with a chorus that builds and gets longer each time around. I wrote this for the welcome back party when the sculpture Follow Your Heart was returned to the Burlington Sculpture Park after it was repaired.
(There is no copyright on this song or video so you are welcome to use it anywhere and any way that you like!)
There is no penalty for adults who listen to this, tap a foot, or even sing along.
Some times you share and you do your part
Other times you gotta follow your heart
Follow your heart, do what you love
From the ground below to the sky above.
Could be easy or could be hard
Either way you gotta follow your heart.
People said that it just won’t fly
Took many years but by and by,
Those two brothers built that thing
And sure enough that thing took wing
Could be easy or could be hard
Might sound dumb, could be smart,
Either way you gotta follow your heart.
Your first few tries they might not work
People might laugh and call you a jerk.
Just keep at it keep on trying
Then one day your dream starts flying
Could be easy or could be hard
Might sound dumb, could be smart,
Could be sports, could be art,
Either way you gotta follow your heart.
If your dream is good for you
Maybe it’s good for others too.
That’s a sign that it’s time to start
So chase your dream and follow your heart
Could be easy or could be hard
Might sound dumb, could be smart,
Could be sports, could be art,
Before you finish you have to start
Either way you gotta follow your heart.
Follow your heart, do what you love
From the ground below to the sky above.
Follow your heart, do what you love
With your feet on the ground
and your head held high.
Follow your heart, do what you love
Raise your dreams to the sky above.
Follow your heart.