Barbra Streisand Songs - At the Same Time Lyrics

Barbra Streisand - At the Same Time

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Album: Higher Ground
Released: 1997

At the Same Time Lyrics

Think of all the hearts
Beating in the world
At the Same Time
Think of all the faces

And the stories they could tell
At the same time
Think of all the eyes
Looking out into this world

Trying to make some sense of what we see
Think of all the ways we have of seeing
Think of all the ways there are of being
Think of all the children

Being born into this world
At the same time
Feel your love surround them
Through the years they'll need to grow

At the same time
Just think of all the hands
That will be reaching for a dream
Think of all the dreams that could come true

Yes if the hands we're reaching with
Could come together
Joining me and you
When it comes to thinking of tomorrow

We must protect our fragile destiny
In this prescious life there's no time to borrow
The time has come to be a family
Ohhh...

Think of all the love
Pouring from our hearts
At the same time
Yes think of all the light our looks

Can shine and grow this world
At the same time
At the same time
Yes think what we've been givin

And yet think what we could lose
All of life is in our trembling hands
It's time to overcome our fears
And join to build a world that loves and understands

It helps to think of all the hearts
Beating in the world
And hope for all the hearts
Healing in the world

There's a healing music in our hearts
Beating in this world
At the same time
At the same time

Writer/s: CALLAWAY, ANN HAMPTON
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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At the Same Time

This song is about how we're all in it together; whatever we're going through, there are many others going through it at the same time.

It was written by Ann Hampton Callaway, a Jazz/Cabaret singer known for improvising songs based on audience suggestions. When we spoke with Callaway , she explained how Streisand helped her bring this song together: "She got on the phone with me and I was a little intimidated to speak with her, but I said, 'Barbra, what do you want me to do here?' She said, 'I want it to be simple but profound.'

What does that mean? 'I want people to understand exactly what you mean the first time you hear a song, and then the second time and third time, every time after that, to have new meanings unfold.' As it turns out, that simple guidance has been something I think of every time I write a song now. It's been a wonderful filter for everything I try to do."

Ann Hampton Callaway wrote the first version of this song in 1987, but wouldn't let anyone have it because she was determined to have Streisand record it. Callaway's friend Amanda McBroom, who wrote the song "The Rose," passed the song along to Streisand's record company, who loved the song, but asked for a rewrite, since Streisand is very particular about her songs. "I said I would be willing to do whatever it takes," Callaway told us. "I think it was 150 rewrites later, she said, 'OK, I think this is perfect. I think I'm ready to do it.' It was just a thrill to have that message out in the world in her voice. I knew in my guts never to give up on that dream."