Violin says
Let me begin
I have a story
Under my strings
Viola says
Not so fast
I hold the color
Between the lines
Cello says
Come sit with me
I know the sound
That reaches deep
Double bass says
Feel the floor
Every great journey
Needs something below
Flute says
Follow my breath
I can fly
Above the rest
Oboe says
Hear this voice
Small and clear
I make my choice
Clarinet says
Give me a turn
I can be velvet
I can be bright
Bassoon says
Come down here
I have a story
The low notes hear
French horn says
Open the hills
I'll send one note
Across the distance
Trumpet says
Make some room
When it's my moment
You'll know I'm here
Trombone says
Slide it down
Slide it up
I can make the whole room move
Tuba says
Take your time
I'll hold the ground
You build the sky
Timpani says
Here I come
Boom
Boom
Listen
Snare drum says
Keep your feet
I know exactly
Where the rhythm lives
Cymbals say
Wait for it
Wait for it
Now
Crash
Harp says
After the thunder
Let me bring
A little rain
Piano says
Give me ten fingers
I'll give you
A hundred colors
One voice says
I'm too small
Another says
So am I
Then the conductor
Raises a hand
Violin begins
Cello replies
Flute takes the air
Bass holds the ground
Horn calls out
Trumpet shines
Timpani rolls
Harp draws a line
One by one
We sound different
One by one
We have a name
But listen now
When we come together
Different voices
One great wave
Strings say
We can sing
Woodwinds say
We can breathe
Brass says
We can rise
Percussion says
We can move
Every instrument
Has one thing to say
Hear me
Hear me
Hear me
Then everybody plays
Not the same note
Not the same sound
Not the same rhythm
Not the same way
Still we meet
In the middle somehow
A hundred voices
One music now
Violin
Cello
Flute and horn
Trumpet
Tuba
Drum and harp
Every sound
Has somewhere to belong
We are different
We are together
We are the orchestra
