C, Bm, D# (x2)
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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.
D# C# Cm
And now I'm not afraid.
D# C# Cm
I've found a body, soul and mind that I can keep.
D# C# Cm
And now I'm not afraid.
D# C# Cm
I've learned to love it and to keep it all the same.
C, Bm, D#
C# Cm D#
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.
C# Cm D#
And now, I know it's tough to be an elephant tied to a wing.
D# C# Cm
And now I'm not afraid.
D# C# Cm
I found a love and they love me.
D# C# Cm
And now I'm not afraid.
D# C# Cm
I found a love that's here to stay.
C, Bm, D# (x2)
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