Story Behind The Song

The song was written for a family member, Jameala Ariel Croom, a ten-year old Cleveland girl who passed away in 2006 from scleroderma, a rare connective tissue disorder. The song is sung from the perspective of Jameala?s mother and speaks to the relation

Song Description

The song is about the light that people bring into our lives. The shooting star metaphor represents that light that remains even when those people in our lives pass away.

Lyrics

Shooting Star (Jameala?s Song)
(For Jameala Ariel Croom)
by Emmanuel Lawrence
Copyright 2007


(Introduction spoken by a young girl)
Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight.
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.

Verse 1
An evening sky, painted in pinpoints of light.
Wide blue-black blanket wrapped all the way ?round.
Stars seemed so small, seemed they could all
fit in my hands, with room to spare.
Your shooting star, came blazing across the night sky.
Your shooting star, descending, captured my eyes.
Your shooting star, nestled inside my heart, with the gift of love to share.

Chorus
Shooting stars come close to Earth
To share their light with us
Their brightness gives us hope
Of a better day,
Of another dream,
Of a chance to wish on a shooting star.

Verse 2
You and I connected at first mutual glance.
A chance to love was all that you asked.
Your joy of life ne?er pretending; your light, never-ending.
To the day you returned to the sky.
Your shooting star, smile wide as the full moon.
Your shooting star, heaven called back too soon.
Your shooting star, warms my heart even though we?re apart.
Sweet memories dance through my mind without end.
Your shooting star.


Repeat Chorus

Your shooting star.
Your shooting star.
Your shooting star, hey, yeah.
Your shooting star, keeps on, it keeps on giving light to our world.
It keeps on giving light, giving light, giving light.
It keeps on giving light to our world.
It just keeps on giving light, giving light, giving light.
Yeah, yeah, hey, yeah.
Shine on, shine on.
Give us light, give us light, give us light.
Your shooting star.
It keeps shining on, shining on.
Hey, yeah, yeah, hey, hey, yeah.
Keep on, it keeps on shining
It keeps on, shining on.


Short Description of Song:
The song is about the light that people bring into our lives. The shooting star metaphor represents that light that remains even when those people in our lives pass away.

Story Behind the Song:
The song was written for a family member, Jameala Ariel Croom, a ten-year old Cleveland girl who passed away in 2006 from scleroderma, a rare connective tissue disorder. The song is sung from the perspective of Jameala?s mother and speaks to the relationship and love between the two, even when Jameala has passed away ? ?Your shooting star, warms my heart even though we?re apart. Sweet memories dance through my mind without end.?