Why We Tell the Story

A tree that sprang up! And cracked the walls of the hotel beauxhomme So that it's gates could never close again! A tree that lived forever! Sheltering peasant and grand homme alike! A tree that watched over Daniel for his lifetime! A tree in which his children played! And one day, as Daniel's young son played in the tree He noticed a beautiful young peasant girl, high in the branches Looking out at the world And the spirit of Ti Moone touched their hearts and set them free to love! And she stands against the lightning and the thunder And she shelters and protects us from above And she fills us with the power and the wonder of her love... And this is why we tell the story! Wh-y we tell the story Why we tell the story Wh-y we tell the story If you listen very close you'll hear her call us To come share with her our laughter and our tears! And the mysteries and Miracles that befall us Through the years... We tell the story! Life is why We tell the story! Pain is why We tell the story! Love is why We tell the story! Grief is why We tell the story! Hope is why We tell the story! Faith is why We tell the story! You are why Why we tell the story Wh-y we tell the story Why we tell the story Wh-y we tell the story So I hope that you will tell this tale tomorrow It will help your heart remember and relive It will help you feel the anger and the sorrow Ti-Moone: And, forgive! For what do we live and we believe? Our lives become The stories that We weave Peasant Girl: There is an Island Where Rivers run deep Where the sea, sparkling in the sun, earns it the name Jewel of the Antilles! Where the poorest of Peasants labor And the Wealthiest of Grand Hommes play And on this island, We tell the story. (We tell the store-y)