a Musical of Love

so as of late, my Color Purple soundtrack has been in a heavy rotation on my i-tunes. i have bought the book, and as soon as i finish Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, i am going to be all over it. I am trying to find time to see the show (currently starring Fantasia of American Idol fame, in what is supposed to be an amazing performance.) I have always liked the show, and thought it was great, truely a show that broadway needed, but my intrested has been re-instated because of fantasia's performance of "i'm Here" at the Tonys this year. There she was in her Gucci dress (and braces) belting out one of the most beautifull songs i've ever heard. the odd thing is i had heard the song before, but it reminded me of my love. i instantly went and Googled the lyrics, and read them a billion times. I went to work and skimmed through the hard cover souvenier book for the show, and was overwehlmed by all the amazing things the Lyricists had to say about the writing process, it made me re-listnen to the show, and gave me a totally different perspective on the music. If you haven't heard it yet, please listen to it, see it, read the book, or watch the movie. it is a truely compelling story.



here are the lyrics to "I'm Here" go out and listen to it, buy it on i-tunes, it's only a dollar


I DON'T NEED YOU TO LOVE ME,
I DON'T NEED YOU TO LOVE.
I GOT . . .
I GOT . . .
I GOT MY SISTER.
I CAN FEEL HER NOW,
SHE MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT SHE STILL MINE.
I KNOW SHE STILL LOVE ME.
GOT MY CHILDREN.
I CAN'T HOLD THEM NOW,
THEY MAY NOT BE HERE, BUT THEY STILL MINE.
I HOPE THEY KNOW I STILL LOVE THEM.
GOT MY HOUSE.
IT STILL KEEP THE COLD OUT.
GOT MY CHAIR
WHEN MY BODY CAN'T HOLD OUT.
GOT MY HANDS
DOIN' GOOD LIKE THEY S'POSE TO,
SHOWIN' MY HEART
TO THE FOLKS THAT I'M CLOSE TO.
GOT MY EYES.
THOUGH THEY DON'T SEE AS FAR NOW,
THEY SEE MORE 'BOUT HOW THINGS
REALLY ARE NOW . . .
I'M GONNA TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
GONNA HOLD MY HEAD UP.
GONNA PUT MY SHOULDERS BACK,
AND LOOK YOU STRAIGHT IN THE EYE.
I'M GONNA FLIRT WITH SOMEBODY
WHEN THEY WALK BY.
I'M GONNA SING OUT . . .
SING OUT.
I BELIEVE I HAVE INSIDE OF ME
EVERYTHING THAT I NEED TO LIVE A BOUNTIFUL LIFE.
WITH ALL THE LOVE ALIVE IN ME
I'LL STAND AS TALL AS THE TALLEST TREE.
AND I'M
THANKFUL FOR EVERYDAY THAT I'M GIVEN,
BOTH THE EASY AND HARD ONES I'M LIVIN'.
BUT MOST OF ALL
I'M THANKFUL FOR
LOVING WHO I REALLY AM.
I'M BEAUTIFUL.
YES, I'M BEAUTIFUL,
AND I'M HERE.