Lyrics to "The Little Voice"

by Christine Cochrane

You think your life is upside down,
you're sure it's all gone wrong,
you feel the world around you is absurd.
You're convinced your heart is broken,
how long can this go on;
then you stop and hear a little voice
that's crying to be heard.
You'd like to tell your friends that know you
of the way you are.
You'd like them just to see you for yourself.
You're tired of all this misery;
it's really gone too far,
but you know that little voice inside you crying
is yourself, when it says

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You are a beautiful one,
and you shine like the sun.
You can rise above;
and the little voice inside you
is the one that you should recognise and love.

You've tried your best to compromise;
you've done it for so long.
It's almost second nature, but not quite.
You've gone along with friends who've said
that what you feel is wrong,
but it really starts to hurt you
in the middle of the night.
You've listened to some good advice,
you've listened to some bad.
You've listened to them tugging at your heart.
You've examined all your feelings,
every one you've ever had,
but that little voice inside you says
it's tearing you apart, and it says

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It's time to listen to your heart,
it's time to get ahead.
It's time to understand the one you are.
To not believe in compromise,
but in yourself instead,
and it's time to put aside all fears
and make a brand new start.
To banish all uncertainty,
to banish all the doubt,
and just believe in all the things you do.
And listen to that little voice
for it will cry out loud
that the only one to make it right
is you: and it says

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