1. When your daytime turns to go,
The night at first moves slow.
But then it falls and you know only,
It’s come again to sweep the lonely
And hide the hope you’ll find a brighter day there.
Your far world, so it seems,
Is no longer fit for dreams,
Where wishes trade away tomorrow,
And keeping on means you must start to
Find a light that still can shine a ray there.
Chorus:
Tell me what you see
As the first star comes to be,
And it begins to shining bright
There in its corner of the night.
Don’t let this time go by
Without looking in your sky.
For I will send you nighttime’s gift:
When you look up, it’s just as if
The first star that you see,
Soon to be your brightest one,
Is me.
2. Right after dark arrives,
Step out and turn your eyes.
At evening when your sky is clear,
Watch for me to linger near.
I’ll be your light and be the friend you need now.
What more can my heart give
You, so far from where I live?
Yes, you will find that I’m the first
To cross your sky as night occurs.
What else to give, a chance to set you free now?
Chorus:
I’ll be right there to see
As the first star comes to be,
How it flickers into sight
In its corner of the night.
The stars we used to know
Have changed for you and so,
Let me offer nighttime’s gift –
Look in your sky, for it’s as if
The first star that you see,
Soon to be the brightest one,
Is me.
3. We know how time has hurt,
How distance only makes it worse.
By now I’ve shut my eyes to feeling bad,
But all I’m learning makes me sad.
Shall I outgrow it, not need to show it, someday?
You’ll be with us by then
And see this girl again,
When much has changed, of many things,
And some are lost but some I’ll bring.
We’ll be so glad to meet there, Dad, on that day!
Chorus:
So remember what you see
As the first star comes to be,
And it flickers into sight
In its corner of the night.
Though not the stars we knew,
Something special shines for you:
I will send you nighttime’s gift,
For when you look up, it’s as if
The first star that you see,
If it could be anyone,
It’s me.
If it could be anyone,
If it could be anyone,
If it could be anyone,
It’s me.