Stephen Sondheim
Anyone Can Whistle/Being Alive
Anyone can whistle, that's what they say
Easy
Anyone can whistle, any old day
Easy
It's oh so simple, relax, let go, let fly
So someone tell me why can't I?
I can dance a tango, I can read Greek
Easy
I can slay a dragon, any old week
Easy
What's hard is simple
What's natural comes hard
Maybe you could show me how to let go
Lower my guard, learn to be free
Maybe if you whistle,
Whistle for me
Somebody hold me too close
Somebody hurt me too deep
Somebody sit in my chair and ruin my sleep and make me aware
Of being alive
Being alive
Somebody need me too much
Somebody know me too well
Somebody pull me up short and put me through hell and give me support
For being alive
Make me alive
Make me alive
Make me confused
Mock me with praise
Make me be used
Vary my days
But alone
Is alone
Not alive
Somebody crowd me with love
Somebody force me to care
Somebody make me come through, as frightened as you, to help us survive
Being alive
Being alive
Being alive