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Can You Imagine
Album: The World Seems Happy...
This song came out of the abyss as I travelled across the top end of Australia in 1998 with my new family in our brightly painted 'where the wild things are' Toyota coaster bus. In the confines of such a small space with nothing else but red earth, blue skies and each other, our realness was quickly revealed and I discovered the vulnerable side of the princess I married.
I sang this love song again and again during our outback adventure as we stirred the dust and began to delve deeply into the intimate yet challenging journey of love.
In 2006, I recorded this song to surprise Michelle for her birthday and it came together so beautifully in the studio that I decided to include it on the album in celebration of our loving relationship which is stronger now than ever before.
As it turns out, many people can relate to the turmoils of love expressed in this song and share with me this deep desire of wanting the one you love to let go of their fears that may stem from a wounded past. To drop their guard, to open up and love fully. To trust completely and share all their secrets regardless of what their hidden past may be. To feel completely safe and to just be..... WITH you.
Can You Imagine :: Lyrics
Words and Music by Johnnie McCarthy (1999) Copyright
I hear that you say your heart's closed
I hear you're held back by a past that's still with you
Opinions of others, ah they lower your esteem
But can you imagine yourself ever singing with me
I picture your mood and then there you are
You started singing, in my heart you're a star
Your words welded souls, how our hearts were inspired
But can you imagine yourself ever dancing with me
CHORUS And I dream of the night when I'll suck up your tears
Wipe away our hidden past, with its doubts and its fears
I'll wait for all time for this will pass by
For I can imagine myself each day loving with you
For I can imagine myself each day loving with you
La da da etc .....
For loves like a butterfly
Hey each time it lands
It moves away
How you chase it again
Ah you know how to give, but when you learn to receive
That opening heart finds the butterfly of love on your sleeve
I dream of the night when I'll suck up your tears
Wipe away our hidden past, with its doubts and its fears
I'll wait for all time for this will pass by
For I can imagine myself each day singing with you
For I can imagine myself each day dancing with you
La da da etc .....
For I can imagine myself each day loving with you
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