Everything isn’t everything.
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Everything isn’t everything.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN
If you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
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Make it so good and so clear that it doesn’t need any further explanation.
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Many leaves one tree.
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, Then passed right by – And never knew.
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Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me, Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
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Sometimes I get so depressed about what I haven’t done.
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Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.
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When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
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If the track is tough and the hill is rough, thinking you can just ain’t enough.
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He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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