Natalie Merchant Songs - Wonder Lyrics

Natalie Merchant - Wonder

Natalie Merchant - Wonder Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Tigerlily
Released: 1996

Wonder Lyrics

Wonder
Natalie Merchant
Album: Tigerlily
Doctors have come from distants cities, just to see me
Stand over my bed, disbelieving what they're seeing

1-They say I must be one of the wonders
Of God's own creation
And as far as they see, they can offer
No explanation

Newspapers ask intimate questions, want confessions
They reach into my head to steal, the glory of my story
(repeat 1)

Ooo, I believe, fate, fate smiled
And destiny laughed as she came to my cradle
Know this child will be able
Laughed as my body she lifted
Know this child will be gifted
With love, with patience, and with faith
She'll make her way, she'll make her way

People see me I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads how I confound you
And astound you
To know I must be one of the wonders
(rpt...1)

Ooo, I believe, fate, fate smiled
And destiny laughed as she came to my cradle
Know this child will be able
Laughed as she came to my mother
Know this child will not suffer
Laughed as my body she lifted
Know this child will be gifted
With love, with patience and with faith
She'll make her way, she'll make her way
Source: CC from Saturday Night Live (Oct 21)

Writer/s: DAHLBACK, JOHN
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Wonder

When she was a teenager, Natalie worked at a day camp for special needs children, many of whom had been institutionalized since infancy and abandoned by their parents. She mentioned that they seemed to have developed their own language to communicate with each other, especially the deaf and blind kids.

She wrote "Wonder" about one girl born with seemingly insurmountable physical handicaps who handled them with a great deal of personal grace. This girl was able to do this despite the odds, thanks to a loving and caring adoptive family. (thanks, Terry - Colchester, VT)

Natalie Merchant performed this song, along with "Carnival," on an episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by David Schwimmer in 1995.