Halfway Lyrics - Original Cast Of Amélie

Young Amelie: 

In my mother's schoolhouse, 

I would sit at the kitchen table 

And listen to her teach geometry 

She taught me about distance, 

She taught a lesson about a boat 

That is sailing the sea, 

Trying to get from point A to B 

So the little boat's traveling at full sail, 

And it's trying to reach the shore 

But whenever the boat gets halfway there, 

There is always halfway more 

You take half of half, and half of that 

So on and on and so 

In my mother's schoolhouse, 

There was always halfway to go 

Both: 

To go 

Old Amelie: 

Little boat, big ocean 

I'm a girl with a copper spyglass 

Who prays that today she will spot her shore 

All at once a lighthouse 

All at once through the copper spyglass 

A light telling me to lean in on the oar 

I start to row 

But before I can get anywhere 

From point A to point B 

I am at that kitchen table where I'll always be at sea 

Take half of half, and half of that 

No matter where I row. 

Young Amelie: 

Little boat, big ocean 

Both: 

Little boat, big ocean 

With always halfway to go. 

To go