Story Behind The Song

THIS SONG IS IN A CD ALBUM ENTITLED "YESTERDAY, Today, Tomorrow" PART I

Song Description

A FASTHER TELLING HIS SON THAT GREAT RESULTS CAN COME FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS.

Lyrics

AIN?T IT SO

(SPOKEN)
My son...Don?t be discouraged by being small because...

(SUNG)
FROM LITTLE ACORNS GREAT OAKS GROW.
AIN?T IT SO? AIN?T IT SO?
IT TAKES A MILLION FLAKES TO MAKE THE SNOW.
AIN?T IT SO?

FROM TEENY SEEDLINGS GREAT TREES REACH.
HATE TO PREACH BUT AIN?T IT SO?
IT TAKES A HEAO OF SAND TO MAKE A BEACH.
AIN?T IT SO?

TO HAVE AN OCEAN, YOU NEED A ZILLION, TRILLION DROPS OF RAIN.
IT TAKES A BUNCH OF BREEZES TO MAKE A HURRICANE.

FROM LITTLE CHILDREN, GREAT MEN GREW.
AIN?T IT TRUE? AIN?T IT TRUE?
SO BIT BY BIT AND ON AND ON, YOU?LL GO.
THAT?S HOW TO DO IT, AIN?T IT SO?

(SPOKEN)
Now let?s see if you?ve been payin? attention...

(SUNG)
FROM LITTLE ACORNS GREAT OAKS GROW.
AIN?T IT SO?

(SON)
I DON?T KNOW
I NEVER STOOD AND WATCHED AN ACORN GROW.
I DUNNO.

(FATHER)
A MILLION FLAKES MAKE UP THE SNOW.
AIN?T IT SO?

(SON)
I DON?T KNOW.
I DO KNOW SNOWBALLS CAN BE FUN TO THROW...
THAT I KNOW.

(FATHER)
IT?S AGGRAVATIN? TO LEARN, MY SON,
YOUR HEAD IS FULL OF LEAD.

(SON)
BUT SIR, I LISTENED CAREFULLY TO EVERY WORK YOU SAID.
ON GREAT BIG OAK TREES, ACORNS GROW.
AIN?T IT SO?

(FATHER)
NO, NO, NO!!!
(SPOKEN)
Son, I?ll give you a few more examples and that?s it!
(SUNG)
THE HIGHEST HILL?S A PILE OF DIRT.
AIN?T IT SO?...BE ALERT!
A GEYSER?S JUST AN AGGRAVATED SQUIRT.
AIN?T IT SO?

WEE SMALL THINGS MAKE PHENOMENONS.
AIN?T IT SO? AIN?T IT SO?
A MILLION?S JUST A GREAT BIG BUNCH OF ONES.
AIN?T IT SO?

THE GREATEST BOOK IN THE WORLD IS BUT A MASS OF SINGLE WORDS.
YOU NEED SO MANY FEATHERS FOR LITTLE HUMMINGBIRDS.

SO IF YOU TAKE THIS POINT OF VIEW,
THERE AIN?T NO WALL YOU CAN?T BREAK THROUGH.
THE LORD HELPS THEM THAT HELP THEMSELVES YA KNOW....
AND YOU CAN DO IT. AIN?T IT SO?