This lyric is: #533

The Time of the Phoenix
by Renee Alper

When your world has crumbled and your life seems like it’s cursed
And everywhere you turn you see destruction at its worst
In the ashes of the chaos is the place of the rebirth
It’s the time of the phoenix

When you’re feeling like a lab rat in a race that never ends
And enemies appear in faces that you thought were friends’
When change seems like the only thing on which you can depend
It’s the time of the phoenix

CHORUS:
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Are you ready for your new life to begin?
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Can you face the fact this time you’re gonna win?

Sometimes it takes the closing of a door for you to see
A better way has opened for you unexpectedly
Just when you think you’ve bottomed out’s the time you’re really free
It’s the time of the phoenix

CHORUS:
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Are you ready for your new life to begin?
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Can you face the fact this time you’re gonna win?

BRIDGE:
The phoenix only rises when your life is in despair
The fire’s finished burning, and your world seems past repair
It springs up with its outspread wings and soars into the air
Flying high, flying high

So keep your spirits lifted and your eyes turned toward the skies
Remember that a hardship’s just a lesson to the wise
And as the metamorphosis begins, you realize
It’s the time of the phoenix

CHORUS:
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Are you ready for your new life to begin?
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Can you face the fact this time you’re gonna win?


Copyright (c) 1999 by Renee Alper All Rights Reserved

[This message has been edited by reneealper (edited 08-31-2002).]

[This message has been edited by blakeh (edited 09-03-2002).]