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I am not my family tree |
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These are different leaves you know |
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There are miles and miles between |
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My roots in what I'm trying to grow |
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I am not the slave they sold |
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Nor am I royalty |
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I've worn them both, the finest coat |
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And rags that barely cover me |
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But there's mercy in the soil |
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Mercy in the sun |
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Learning to forgive |
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What cannot be undone |
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And what was meant to harm |
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Can't harm you in the end |
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Stepped out on a limb I thought might break |
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But love said, it will only bend, it will only bend |
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I am not my past mistakes |
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Labeled by some place and time |
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Nor am I a trophy case |
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Trying to maintain my shine |
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I have dreamed a thousand dreams |
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Watched a grain in famine grow |
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I am not my family tree |
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I have branches of my own |
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But there's mercy in the soil |
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Mercy in the sun |
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Learning to forgive |
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What cannot be undone |
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And what was meant to harm |
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Can't harm you in the end |
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Stepped out on a limb I thought might break |
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But love said, it will only bend |
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Oh, does fate resign us to |
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Find shelter for our wounds |
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Beneath the battered roof |
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Of broken dreams? |
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Oh, but I will choose to stand |
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In the shadow of Your hand |
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And see what grows |
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When Grace has sown a seed |
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Oh, oh, oh |
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These are different leaves you know |
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Oh, oh, oh |
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But there's mercy in the soil |
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Mercy in the sun |
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Learning to forgive |
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What cannot be undone |
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And what was meant to harm |
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Can't harm you in the end |
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Stepped out on a limb I thought might break |
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But love said, it will only bend, it will only bend |
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It will only bend, oh |
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It will only bend, oh |