Standing in the Light (extended version)

A summer's day in '68
Sunlight through the window falls across the page
A young boy tries to concentrate
His mind would rather fly beyond the classroom cage
He can take the teacher's voice
And turn it into music from another place
All the other kids don't have a choice
Hanging on to every word the teacher says

Day and night
He will be taught
Standing in the light
Don't shadow the genius

So out of school he walks alone
Soon his thoughts are flowing like a golden stream
An empty house he calls his own
His place becomes a temple to a silent dream
Sometimes he will clap and sing
Deep in meditation he will learn to be
And lonely birds upon the wing
With upward fascination pray to be so free

Day and night
He will be taught
Standing in the light
Don't shadow the genius

Your smile, your freedom
Comes to you from within
Still a child with a reason
You're afraid, but it's time to begin
Blow the wind of change
Blow the words of strength to him
Say what's on your mind
Now is not the time for fear

Day and night
He will be taught
Standing in the light
Don't shadow the genius

A summer's day in '81
Sunlight through the window falls across the page
A young man's fight has just begun
And rising up inside him is a burning rage
They call his dream a fantasy
The song that every child sings as time began
Oh but just as long as he believes
Standing in the light, he'll make them understand