An American Tale

I remember back one night, when I was about 5 or 6 years old, we rented the movie Fievel: An American Tale. There was a part in the movie where Fievel gets seperated from his parents and sings this song, Somewhere Out There. I can still vividly remember breaking down in tears when he sang that song, and feeling so sad for him that he had lost his parents. To this day, hearing that song still makes me tear up!

So today as I was browsing through the http://www.families.com/ website, I came across an article an adoptee had written about her search for her biological mother, and a collaboration of songs she had put together that comforted her during her search. She notes that the song 'Somewhere out there' was one of her favorites. I couldn't help but think back to that day when I cried so hard for Fievel, and now wonder how many kids out there must feel like Fievel did on the day they were seperated from their parents.

So I decided to look up the lyrics for this song; and oddly enough, while this song still makes me a little sad, I can't help but compare the words to exactly how we are feeling right now, praying that we'll find that special little person and loving that little someone, 'somewhere out there'.


Somewhere out there


Beneath the pale moonlight

Someone's thinking of me

And loving me tonight



Somewhere out there

Someone's saying a prayer

That we'll find one another

In that big somewhere out there



And even though I know

How very far apart we are

It helps to think we might be wishing

On the same bright star



And when the night wind

Starts to sing a lonesome lullaby

It helps to think we're sleeping

Underneath the same big sky



Somewhere out there

If love can see us through

Then we'll be together

Somewhere out there

Out where dreams come true



And even though I know

How very far apart we are

It helps to think we might be wishing

on the same bright star



And when the night wind

Starts to sing a lonesome lullaby

It helps to think we're sleeping

Underneath the same big sky



Somewhere out there

If love can see us through

Then we'll be together

Somewhere out there

Out where dreams come true...