Sometimes the simplest most heartfelt messages are shared in childhood. These memories are kept safely away in the recesses of our mind. It takes a child (or a children’s movie) to be reminded of a song and a prayer for those we love.
In this case the 1987 movie, An American Tail, is a story of two mice, Fievel and Tanya. When Fievel gets lost in New York City he knows his family is out there and wants to find him. This award winning, emotional ballad has lasting significance. When we are apart from our loved ones, as Fievel and Tanya were in the movie – unbeknownst to one another – we are singing the same song at the same time, at least in our heart. For those who are apart this Thanksgiving, this song is for you;
Somewhere out there,
Beneath the pale moon night,
Someone’s thinking of me,
And loving me tonight.
Somewhere out there,
Someone’s saying a prayer,
That we’ll find one another,
In that big somewhere out there.
And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishing
On the same bright star,
And when the night wind starts to sing
A lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the
Same big sky.
Somewhere out there,
If love can see us through,
Then, we’ll be together,
Somewhere out there, out where dreams, come true.
And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishing
On the same bright star,
And when the night wind starts to sing
A lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the
Same big sky.
Somewhere out there,
If love can see us through,
Then, we’ll be together,
Somewhere out there, out where dreams, come true.
By Kenny Loggins
