I was watching America's Got Talent and when people sing on that show, they usually sing a certain type of song. So I got to thinking and I wrote the following anthem that I think would be perfect for someone who would appear on that show to sing.

WHEN I FIND MY VOICE

There was a time

I kept to myself

like a dusty old book

gathering dust on the shelf

I kept my passion inside me

and I nodded my head

I didn't speak out

what needed be said

I did all the things

I needed to do

Something started to burn

inside me that's true

I could no longer deny

That I had the right

to speak up for myself

and to join in the fight

When I find my voice

I'll shout it out loud

I'll make myself heard

above the noise of the crowd

and those that have doubt

they'll finally see

That I have the strength

Deep inside of me

And when that day comes

when I risk my heart

I can't be afraid

of it tearing apart

I will be sure

because I'll know the way

I'll make it all right

with the things that I say

(I had an early generic Depeche Mode sound in my head when I was writing this)

Don't break the silence

Don't say a word

I don't want explainations

I don't want to be heard

I don't want to give excuses

I don't need to understand

You don't need me anymore

and you don't want to hold my hand

We live in a world so temporary

It changes with the wind and get's hammered by the waves

We live in a world so temporary

We've got to adapt or drown

Don't break the silence

Don't give your doubts a voice

We always have the means

We always have the choice

We're just not the same and that's okay

We'll wake up to face another day

We live in a world so temporary

It changes with the wind and get's hammered by the waves

We live in a world so temporary

We've got to adapt or drown

Goodbye to a love that's past

We don't have to make it last

It was good when it was here

But now it's gone away

We live in a world so temporary (Goodbye to a love that's past)

It changes with the wind and (We don't have to make it last)

get's hammered by the waves

We live in a world so temporary (It was good when it was here)

We've got to adapt or drown (But now it's gone away)

Vanessa walked down that old dirt road

and where she was going to no one knows

She show up at home the very next day

They asked her where she'd been but she never did say

with a goofy grin and her far away eyes

there's was something going on but it was no surprise

When the test came back with a hearty thumbs up

her daddy got his rifle and his old tin cup

He went out hunting for some lowdown scum

He looked high and low until he found that bum

who took his little girl on out for a ride

He was fuming and ready to tan that hide

Vanessa begged for mercy cause she loved him so

and he was stuck in the middle with no where to go

So he weighed his options and did the right thing

and soon Vanessa was wearing a ring

You look into my eyes

You get lost in my stare

You can't help but think

What is really there

You want to believe

What I tell you is true

That the things that I say

Are the things that I do

You'll never ever ask me

but you desperately need to know

How deep is my love?

How far does it go?

How much do I care?

And how can you know?

What do I think?

Is this meant to be?

what goes on inside?

When you lie next to me

You hold onto my hand

You get lost in my touch

The things that are small

Seem like so much

You want to believe

That my heart is pure

But you can't help but doubt

You want to be sure

You'll never ever ask me

but you desperately need to know

How deep is my love?

How far does it go?

How much do I care?

And how can you know?

What do I think?

Is this meant to be?

what goes on inside?

When you lie next to me