Piece Of The Sun (For Anne Frank)

When you were young eyes wide and clear Without this big old world to fear You held my hand asked, “Mama why, Do we love and feel so much inside?" I said, ”Now honey, what do you mean?” You said, “I think I had a dream. I could feel a fire in everyone, And knew they had a piece of the sun” Way back in 1943 She lived inside her diary In days beneath our darkest skies With a burning ember deep inside She writes to grieve but not despair For adventure lives inside our prayers And while our hearts beat like a drum They’ll always have a piece of the sun So **** on And glow through the night Until the dawn I believe you were right all along My little one, my little one She sat and wrote it all by hand While shots rang through the Netherlands Though fear came knocking everyday Her spirit kept it far away “When there’s hope, there’s life” We’ll always have our days of strife Don’t wait until the battles won Shine on your flame your piece of the sun So **** on And glow through the night Until the dawn I believe you were right all along My little one, my little one Now daughter dear you’re at an age When questions go beyond the page When I was young and lost at sea Your grandma gave this book to me Its all in here but I can’t explain Why history has so much pain So does our flame, our piece of the sun So **** on And glow through the night Until the dawn I believe you were right all along My little one Just glow through the night Until the dawn I believe you were right all along Can’t you see that your Light was never gone My little one It is the Sun It is the Sun