Story Behind The Song

?You Lifted Me Up? -Sharon Lee Williams, singing legend (?Hands Up?) & I got together to co-write a song we thought would be appropriate for one of the Idol shows. We wanted to write an inspirational song of gratitude. After we had worked on a lyrical ide

Song Description

What Kelly Clarkson might have sung to her parents the night she won on American Idol

Lyrics

YOU LIFTED ME UP ? Liz Tansey & Sharon Lee Williams ©2004


I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT
YOU WERE STANDING BY MY SIDE
CHEERING ME ON, YOU TOLD ME
NEVER LOSE SIGHT
I ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT I COULD BE
ANYTHING I WANTED, YOU HEARD ME
NOW I?LL SHOW YOU YOU WERE RIGHT

I COULD NEVER LET YOU DOWN
YOU HAD SUCH FAITH IN ME
YOU LOVED ME JUST FOR WHO I AM

YOU LIFTED ME UP TO SEE ABOVE THE CROWD
THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP ME AND NOTHING IN MY WAY
YOU LIFTED ME UP FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
WITH YOUR NEVER-FAILING LOVE
YOU LIFTED ME UP

THERE WERE TIMES I FELT ALONE
AND NO ONE SEEMED TO LISTEN
I HEARD YOU, YOU SAID
KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE
YOU GAVE ME A STAR, I MADE IT SHINE
NOW I?M LIGHTING UP THE SKIES
I?M FLYING
EVERYTHING HAS WORKED OUT FINE

YOU TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED
TO NEVER WALK AWAY
AND I THANK YOU, EACH AND EVERY DAY

YOU LIFTED ME UP TO SEE ABOVE THE CROWD
THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP ME AND NOTHING IN MY WAY
YOU LIFTED ME UP FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
WITH YOUR NEVER-FAILING LOVE
YOU LIFTED ME UP TO SEE ABOVE THE CROWD
THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP ME AND NOTHING IN MY WAY
YOU LIFTED ME UP FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE
WITH YOUR NEVER-FAILING LOVE
YOU GAVE ME THE STRENGTH
WITH YOUR NEVER-FAILING LOVE
YOU LIFTED ME UP