if you should happen by chance
to stand in the middle of an arena
right before
an aerosmith concert
and if you by chance
happened to take a look around you
you would notice something.
what you'd notice
is this:
everyone single person
in the arena
is a different color
and every person
has different beliefs
backgrounds
values
faiths
fears
loves
lives
but if you really pay attention
you'd notice something else.
you'd notice that's okay
because tonight
just for this evening
we'll all stand up
together
and our hands will clap as one
to the opening chords
of an aerosmith song
everyone knows
and everyone loves
and it'll be like we're a great big
group
club
pack
tribe
family
and you'd notice
we'd all sing with each other
we'd sing for the year
and for the laughter
and the tears
and nothing besides us
this
here
now
would matter anymore
even if it's just for today
even if tomorrow
the good lord took us away
and tonight
just for this evening
we'd all dream
just for this evening
tonight
we'd all dream until our dreams came true.