I Was

I was the boy with shoes too tight, and ankles caught between the tides
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 I was the girl who wore a dress to Sunday school and that was it
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 I had a handkerchief that went around my neck
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 It wiped my tears, sweat, my blood, my innocence, throughout the years
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 And now, I'm not afraid
 
 I've found a body, soul, and mind that I can keep
 And now, I'm not afraid
 
 I've learned to love it and to keep it all the same
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 I was a wave, a cloud, a cliff, a slow parade
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 Too short to speak
 A lover with a heart of hide and seek
 And now, I know it's tough to be an elephant tied to a wing
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 And now, I'm not afraid
 I found a love, and they love me
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 And now, I'm not afraid
 
 I found a love that's here to stay