[Verse 1]
I like the sunrise 'cause it brings a new day
I like a new day, it brings new hope they say
I like the sunrise blazing in the new sky
Nighttime is weary, oh, oh, and so am I

[Chorus]
Every evening, I wish upon a star
That my brand new bright tomorrow isn't very far
When the heavy blue curtain of night
Is raised up high, clear out of sight
Then I like the sunrise, so heavenly to see
I like the sunrise, I hope it likes poor me

[Verse 2]
Don't worry about saving this music
Or be scared if the singing ends or the piano breaks a string
For we have fallen to a place where everything is music and singing
Everything is recovered and new, ever new and musical

[Verse 3]
And even if the whole world's harp should burn up
There would still be hidden there, the spirit of song there to linger on
And even if a candle's blown out by wind
The fire smolders on in an ember and then sparks again
[Verse 4]
The singing is a drop, just a drop in oceans of seas
Grace keeps it moving through bodies like these
And the sound of a life sends an echoing out
The poem sings willingly in each newborn's crying shout

[Verse 5]
But it's growing slowly and keeps many secrets
Stop the words and listen, feel the echo of it starting
Open a space in the center of your beating heart
And let spirits fly in and out

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Every evening, I wish upon a star
That my brand new bright tomorrow isn't very far
When the heavy blue curtain of the night
Is raised up high, clear out of sight
Then I like the sunrise, so heavenly to see
I like the sunrise, the music in every sunrise
Makes a space inside the skies for setting free