Marc Shaiman's Song

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“LOOK WHAT HE MADE”

WHEN MY PARENTS MOVED
DOWN FLORIDA WAY
TO EAT DINNER
IN THE LIGHT OF DAY
MY FATHER FINALLY HAD TIME ON HIS HANDS

SO, HE TOOK SOME WOOD
AND A CARVING KNIFE
AND A NEW CAREER
WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE
AND WHAT ONCE JUST SAT UNFORMED
NOW PROUDLY STANDS

LOOK WHAT HE MADE
HIS OWN CREATION
JUST WITH HIS SWEET
IMAGINATION
THINK OF THE WAY HIS FINGERS
HELD THAT WOOD AND PLAYED

NOBODY KNEW
HE COULD ACHIEVE IT
BUT WHEN HE WAS DONE
YOU BEST BELIEVE IT
HIS HANDS AND HEART
HAD DANCED IN A TABLETOP PARADE
AND LOOK, LOOK WHAT HE MADE


NOW, AS WE SAT THERE
IN HIS FINAL ROOM
I TRIED TO LOOK
BEYOND THE GLOOM
AND I TOOK IN ALL FACES THAT LAST DAY

THERE WAS HIS ELDEST
SURE AND STEADY
THERE WERE HIS GIRLS
BOTH ROUGH AND READY
AND THERE WAS HIS ROCK
HIS LIONESS
TO WHOM I SAY

LOOK WHAT HE MADE
HIS OWN CREATION
WE CAN STAND TALL
ON HIS FOUNDATION
HE WOULDN'T WANT TO KNOW
THAT WE WERE SO AFRAID

HE MUST HAVE KNOWN
WE COULD ACHIEVE IT
AND THOUGH HE'S GONE
YOU BEST BELIEVE IT
HIS LIGHT HAS DIMMED
BUT IT WILL NEVER FADE
CAUSE LOOK, LOOK WHAT HE MADE

WE WERE HIS WOOD
UNFORMED AND SCRAPPY
HE WORKED HIS LIFE
TO MAKE US HAPPY
I KNOW IT'S SELFISH
HOW WE WISH TO GOD HE'D STAYED
BUT LOOK, LOOK WHAT HE MADE!

Last updated Friday February 16, 2007