What Else Can I Do? lyrics
by Lin-Manuel Miranda
[ISABELA]
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?
[MIRABEL & ISABELA]
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
[ISABELA]
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?
[MARIBEL]
Do you know where you're goin'? Woah!
[ISABELA]
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?
[ISABELA & MIRABEL]
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?
[ISABELA]
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?
[MIRABEL & ISABELA]
You just seem like your life's been a dream (Woah)
Since the moment you opened your eyes
[ISABELA]
How far do these roots go down?
[MIRABEL & ISABELA]
All I know are the blossoms you grow (Woah)
But it's awesome to see how you rise
How far can you rise? (How far can I rise?)
[MIRABEL & ISABELA]
Through the roof, to the skies, let's go
[ISABELA & MIRABEL]
A hurricane of jacarandas (Whoo!)
Strangling figs (Go!)
Hanging vines (Grow!)
Palma de cera fills the air as I climb
And I push through
[MIRABEL]
What else, what else?
[ISABEL & MIRABEL]
What can you do when you are deeply, madly, truly in the moment?
[MIRABEL]
Seize the moment, keep goin'
[ISABEL & MIRABEL]
What can you do when you know who you wanna be isn't perfect?
[ISABELA]
But I'll still be okay
[MIRABEL]
Hey, everybody clear the way, whoo!
[ISABELA & MIRABEL]
I'm comin' through with tabebuia (She's comin' through with that booyah!)
Making waves (Making waves)
Changing minds (You've changed mine)
[ISABELA]
The way is clearer 'cause you're here
And, well, I owe this all to you
What else can I do?
[MIRABEL]
Show 'em what you can do
[ISABELA]
What else can I do?
[MIRABEL]
There's nothing you can't do
[ISABELA]
What else can I do?