• Oh, The Places She'll Go — SingerSongwriter808

Oh, The Places She’ll Go (Oh, The Places You’ll Go Together)

Written for Renee & Keenan, for their wedding July 26th, 2019
Music, 2019 • Lyrics, 2019

Oh, the places she’ll go
Oh, the places you’ll go (together)

She’s Hawai’i Kai
And you don’t ask why
When she tells you what you’re gonna do
Yer gonna build her a boat
Yer gonna build her a plane
A silver-turquoise rocket ship too

She’s got places to go
She’s got people to see
A bucket list in her pocket to boot
Nothin’s holding her back
Nothin’s tying her down
Done the Earth, now here comes the moon!

And that was 26 years ago when she was only five…

Her daddy says she’s bossy
Her mother said, Oh please!
When she jumped from that clifftop to the sea
She can party like an animal
Do the unimaginable
Eat ramen for a month & still breathe!

She’s fast on her feet
So much faster with a Tweet
If looks could kill the consequences would be dire
She’s Atalanta fast
Left Artemis aghast
Like Sita she can dance through fire

And just let me try to tell you where she’s been…

She’s been to—

Canada Mexico
Australia The Netherlands
Brazil Argentina
Chile & Peru
Cambodia Japan
Thailand Indonesia
New Zealand Greece
& Italy too
Switzerland Portugal
Iceland & France
Scotland Egypt
Even the U.A.E
China The Philippines
Uganda Tanzania
Ireland Slovenia
South Koreeeee-a

Oh, the places she’ll go
Oh, the places you’ll go (together)

This is the just the beginning
Can’t you hear her singing?
Of all the places she hasn’t been — yet!
If you signed on for the ride
Don’t hide out inside
It’s a big world don’t ever forget it

New places to go
New people to meet
Adventures by the hour to devour
New foods, oh so tasty
Don’t skip on the pastries
You’re flying high above the clouds now

She’ll take you far, maybe even touch a star…

So, welcome to the journey
You know she’s in a hurry
Lives fully every minute every day
She may have a ring on her finger
But she ain’t gonna linger
In the kitchen tucked out of the way

She’s gotta motorcycle, surf board
Parachute, rip cord
A passion for the waves & the sun
So, fasten your seat belt
Love the cards you’re dealt
Better plan for a whole lotta fun!

They’ll be thirty-one more years—

She’s been to—

Canada Mexico
Australia The Netherlands
Brazil Argentina
Chile & Peru
Cambodia Japan
Thailand Indonesia
New Zealand Greece
& Italy too
Switzerland Portugal
Iceland & France
Scotland Egypt
Even the U.A.E
China The Philippines
Uganda Tanzania
Ireland Slovenia
South Koreeeee-a

Oh, the places she’ll go
Oh, the places you’ll go (together)

And there’s still—

Britain Sri Lanka
Sweden Finland
Malaysia Vietnam
Russia Mongolia
Costa Rica Cuba
Suriname Guatemala
Trinidad Tobago
Luxembourg Zimbabwe
Liechtenstein India
Papua New Guinea
Jamaica Belize
Namibia Morocco
Poland Belarus
Tahiti Kiribati
The Maldives The Seychelles
The Mainland too?

Oh, the places she’ll go
Oh, the places you’ll go (together)

Oh, she’ll take you far
Perhaps you will touch a star…