What Else Can I Do? – simplified

I just made something unexpected
something sharp, something new…

It’s not symmetrical or perfect
but it’s beautiful and it’s mine.
What else can I do?

(Bring it in, bring it in)
(Good talk, bring it in, bring it in)
What else can I do?
(Let’s walk, bring it in, bring it in
Free hugs, bring it in, bring it in)

I grow rows and rows of roses,
flor de mayo, by the mile.
I make perfect, practiced poses.
So much hides behind my smile.

What could I do if I just grew
what I was feelin’ in the moment?
(Do you know where you’re going?)
What could I do if I just knew
it didn’t need to be perfect?
It just needed to be?
And they’d let me be?

A hurricane of jacarandas,
strangling figs (big),
hanging vines. (this is fine)
Palma de cera fills the air as I climb
and I push through,
what else can I do?

Can I deliver us a river of sundew?
Careful, it’s carnivorous,
a little just won’t do.
I wanna feel the shiver of something new.
I’m so sick of pretty, I want something true,
don’t you?

You just seem like your life’s been a dream
since the moment you opened your eyes.
(How far do these roots go down?)
All I know are the blossoms you grow
but it’s awesome to see how you rise
(How far can I rise?)
through the roof, to the skies,
let’s go!

A hurricane of jacarandas,
strangling figs (go),
hanging vines. (grow)
Palma de cera fills the air as I climb
and I push through.
What else, what else?

What can you do when you are
deeply, madly, truly in the moment?
(Seize the moment, keep goin’)
What can you do when you know
who you wanna be is imperfect?
But I’ll still be okay
(Hey, everybody clear the way)

I’m comin’ through with tabebuia
(she’s comin’ through with that boo-yeah)
Making waves (making waves),
changing minds (you’ve changed mine).
The way is clearer ’cause you’re here
and well, I owe this all to you

What else can I do?

(Show ’em what you can do)
What else can I do?
(There’s nothing you can’t do)
What else can I do?