Lyric

When I was small I knew just what I'd be

I wrote it on a star for the world to see

Now I'm all grown and the days move so fast

I forgot how to dream like I did in the past

So tonight I sit down with a pen in my hand

And I look for one wish I can understand

Back then every wish felt as big as the moon

I could be anything, and soon meant soon

Now my calendar's full and my coffee's cold

Barely in my twenties but I'm feeling old

But somewhere inside there's that kid I forgot

Holding a crayon and giving it a shot

She wasn't afraid to ask for it all

She wrote her whole heart on a wish that was small

I don't need a dream that could shake the whole earth

Just a small honest wish about my own worth

The kid that I was would be glad I still try

So tonight I will let one little wish fly

So I write it on a paper star tonight

Not the giant dream, just a small little light

For the me right now, not the me back then

It is okay to start wishing again

I lost the words but I found them somehow

The kid I forgot is still with me now

Yeah once a year I remember to see

The simple little wish that is right for me

Tonight I remember the dreamer in me

I got so busy just keeping the pace

That I stopped looking up at the sky for a while

Trains and the deadlines and bills that I owe

I forgot that a wish could be simple and slow

But look at the paper, it's blank and it's bright

And nobody's grading the wish that I write

So I don't have to know the whole rest of my life

Just one gentle thing to hold on to tonight

I don't need a dream that could shake the whole earth

Just a small honest wish about my own worth

The kid that I was would be glad I still try

So tonight I will let one little wish fly

So I write it on a paper star tonight

Not the giant dream, just a small little light

For the me right now, not the me back then

It is okay to start wishing again

I lost the words but I found them somehow

The kid I forgot is still with me now

Yeah once a year I remember to see

The simple little wish that is right for me

Tonight I remember the dreamer in me

If I never became what I dreamed as a kid

That's okay, look at all of the living I did

I am not falling behind, I am just on my way

And a small quiet wish is enough for today

So I let go the shoulds and the list in my head

And I ask for the tiny thing I want instead

The child that I was is still cheering me on

So I write it on a paper star tonight

Not the giant dream, just a small little light

For the me right now, not the me back then

It is okay to start wishing again

I lost the words but I found them somehow

The kid I forgot is still with me now

Yeah once a year I remember to see

The simple little wish that is right for me

Tonight I remember the dreamer in me

Just a paper star

Just a little light

One small wish

Is enough tonight

For the kid I was

And the me right now

We can dream again

I remember how

Rest your heart tonight, you're allowed to wish somehow