From the recording Tell Me a Story
Lyrics
She was driving
Down a tree-lined road in France
Loving how the summer breeze
Made the branches dance
When she caught his worried look
In a sideways glance
He was not a man who left a lot to chance.
He said, “I hate to tell you, I think we’re lost.
We haven’t seen one castle, and look at what it cost!”
I was sitting in the back seat
Just a girl of ten
But my mother’s words come back to me just as she said then.
CHORUS
We’re not lost, we’re on vacation!
Why do we always need a destination?
The road won’t always go
Just where we had in mind
But look around
Who knows what we will find?!
She was driving
When they saw along the way
A litle inn whose ancient walls told them they should stay
Beneath an old grape arbor
The sun poured down like wine
And if they never saw a castle, that was fine.
Now sometimes, when I think that I am lost
When my castles have all crumbled, and I’m looking at the cost.
Sometimes in the darkness,
I hear my mother’s voice
Reminding me that joy is often just a choice.
CHORUS
You’re not lost, you’re in creation!
Why do you always need a destination?
The road won’t always go
Just where you had in mind
But look around
Who knows what you will find!
Look around, who knows what you will find.