C, Bm, B (x2)
A G#m B
I was the boy with shoes too tight and ankles caught between the tides.
A G#m B
I was the girl who wore a dress to Sunday school, and that was it.
A G#m B
I had a handkerchief that went around my neck.
A G#m B
It wiped my tears, sweat, my blood, my innocence throughout the years.
B A G#m
And now I'm not afraid.
B A G#m
I've found a body, soul and mind that I can keep.
B A G#m
And now I'm not afraid.
B A G#m
I've learned to love it and to keep it all the same.
C, Bm, B
A G#m B
I was a wave, a cloud, a cliff, a slow parade.
A G#m B
Too short to speak; a lover with a heart of hide and seek.
A G#m B
And now, I know it's tough to be an elephant tied to a wing.
B A G#m
And now I'm not afraid.
B A G#m
I found a love and they love me.
B A G#m
And now I'm not afraid.
B A G#m
I found a love that's here to stay.
C, Bm, B (x2)
C