Written originally with my wife Teena for our daughter when she had hit a wall professionally, and was left directionless and discouraged. While singing the vocal, I found meaning in the lyric as it applied to where I was in a major transition I was facing recently. So you could say I was preaching to myself when I sang, “…and when you fail/and you will/then you’ll get it/you gotta be bold/go on now/just begin it.”
They washed their hands of you
You took it hard
Ripped your dream to pieces
And now you’re losing heart
So go out walkin’ by the water solo
Follow your imagination
Wherever it goes
And whatever you can dream or plan
Begin it
Until you try you won’t know
How far you can take it
And when you fail and you will
Then you’ll get it
You gotta be bold
Go on now
Just begin it
Now you wake up most mornings
Feelin’ incomplete
You feel like giving up
Figure it just wasn’t meant to be
So go out walkin’ by the water solo
Follow your imagination
Wherever it goes
And whatever you can dream or plan
Begin it
Until you try you won’t know
How far you can take it
And when you fail and you will
Then you’ll get it
You gotta be bold
Go on now
Just begin it
Yeah go out walkin’ by the water solo
Follow your imagination
Wherever it goes
All those what ifs and if maybes
Well maybe they’re your friends
The only problem you have
Is that you haven’t started yet
Whatever you can dream or plan
Begin it
Until you try you won’t know
How far you can take it
And when you fail and you will
Then you’ll get it
You gotta be bold
Go on now
Just begin it