Neil Patrick Hillan - Forty Candles Lyrics

You say there's not a lot in life you can do
Always seem to worry if you're going to make it through
But touching people as you go, teaching them the things you know
You'll never have to worry, your life will always grow
Doesn't seem too long ago when in the diner over tea
We talked about our lives and loved the things we'd like to be
Age, a thing that makes folks wise, has grown inside a young girl's eyes
And turned a little girl into the woman here today
Forty candles on her cake did not this woman make
Broken hearts mended with tattered thread, in summer dresses, pain she shared
And the tears she dried up after arguments had died
These were old prequels to a life about to start anew
A life of which the characters all laugh, and smile, and sing
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
A gentle shell that holds inside, all the pain you try to hide
It's falling piece by piece, slowly you let it go
Closer to you are we, the more of you you let us see
So come on, smile, let your child free
Forty candles on her cake, did not this woman make
A dream you will have no more
If you hold your head up in the sky, let tears pass you by
And be the woman you were meant to be
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
I know it's not an easy thing for you to do
Up till now you've always had your ways to make it through
Take a look around and you'll see the love surrounding you
Just this once, let the love come in
Forty candles on a cake did not this woman make
Her frailties are still on show, some questions have been answered though
Among them, your question, "How can I survive?"
You just hold your head up in the sky, let tears pass you by
And be the woman you were meant to be
You are the woman you were meant to be
You are the woman you were meant to be