Biography:
Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama.
Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well.
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E
A single thread in a tapestry
D
Through its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose
E Bm E
In the pattern of the grand design
And the stone that sits on the very top
D
Of the mountain's mighty face
Bm
Does it think it's more important
E
Than the stones that form the base?
A
So how can you see what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?
C#m
You can never see through the eyes of man
G#m
You must look at your life
C#m E
Look at your life through heaven's eyes
E D E D E F D# F
Lai-la-lai...
F
A lake of gold in the desert sand
D#
Is less than a cool fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy
F Cm F
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose ev'rything he owns
D#
Has he truly lost his worth?
Cm
Or is it the beginning
F Cm F
Of a new and brighter birth?
Bb
So how do you measure the worth of a man
In wealth or strength or size?
Dm
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
C Am
The answer will come
Bb Dm
The answer will come to him who tries
Am D
To look at his life through heaven's eyes
Bb
And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
C Dm
When all you've got is nothing
Bb C
There's a lot to go around
G#
No life can escape being blown about
Cm
By the winds of change and chance
Bb F
And though you never know all the steps
Bb C F C
You must learn to join the dance
D
You must learn to join the dance
D G F G F E D E
Lai-la-lai...
A
So how do you judge what a man is worth
By what he builds or buys?
G#m F#m
You can never see with your eyes on earth
C#m E
Look through heaven's eyes
G#m
Look at your life
A
Look at your life
D E D E
Look at your life through heaven's eyes
A single thread in a tapestry
D
Through its color brightly shine
Can never see its purpose
E Bm E
In the pattern of the grand design
And the stone that sits on the very top
D
Of the mountain's mighty face
Bm
Does it think it's more important
E
Than the stones that form the base?
A
So how can you see what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?
C#m
You can never see through the eyes of man
G#m
You must look at your life
C#m E
Look at your life through heaven's eyes
E D E D E F D# F
Lai-la-lai...
F
A lake of gold in the desert sand
D#
Is less than a cool fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy
F Cm F
Is greater than the richest king
If a man lose ev'rything he owns
D#
Has he truly lost his worth?
Cm
Or is it the beginning
F Cm F
Of a new and brighter birth?
Bb
So how do you measure the worth of a man
In wealth or strength or size?
Dm
In how much he gained or how much he gave?
C Am
The answer will come
Bb Dm
The answer will come to him who tries
Am D
To look at his life through heaven's eyes
Bb
And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
C Dm
When all you've got is nothing
Bb C
There's a lot to go around
G#
No life can escape being blown about
Cm
By the winds of change and chance
Bb F
And though you never know all the steps
Bb C F C
You must learn to join the dance
D
You must learn to join the dance
D G F G F E D E
Lai-la-lai...
A
So how do you judge what a man is worth
By what he builds or buys?
G#m F#m
You can never see with your eyes on earth
C#m E
Look through heaven's eyes
G#m
Look at your life
A
Look at your life
D E D E
Look at your life through heaven's eyes
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