Stand up straight;
do your trick, turn on the stars.
Ju pi ter
shines so bright when you’re a round.
They tell us, “Slow down,
we’re too young, “you need to grow.” Well, speed’s the key,
and they don’t know who we are.
And who’s to say
(C#m)we’re not good e nough?
And who’s to say
that (C#m)this is not our love?
Moth er, don’t
tell me friends
are the ones
that I lose,
’cause they bleed
be fore you.
Some times fam ’ly
are the ones
you choose.
It’s too late now;
I (C#m)hold on to (B)this life I’ve (A)found.
And who’s to say
(C#m)we won’t burn it out?
And who’s to say
(C#m)we won’t think in doubt?
Who’s to say
(C#m)we won’t fade to grey?
Who are they
an y way,
an y way?
They don’t know.
And you say we’re too young, but may be (C#m)you’re too old to re mem ber.
And I try to pre tend, but I just (C#m)feel it when we’re to geth er.
And if you don’t be lieve me, you nev er real ly knew us.
You nev er real ly knew.
You and I,
pack ing up
my room.
We feel al right,
but we’re not wel
come.
Soon,
we’ll be driv ing,
’cause they don’t know
who we are.
And who’s to say
(C#m)we won’t stay to geth er?
And who’s to say
(C#m)we aren’t get ting strong er?
And who’s to say
I can’t live
with out you?
Oh.
And who’s to say?
And who’s to say?
And who are they an y way?
Stand up, boy.
I (C#m)shine so bright (B)when you’re a (A)round.
This page shows “Who's To Say” by Vanessa Carlton in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 100 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.