I WAS! I AM!! I WILL BE!!!

(Verse 1)

(Acoustic guitar intro)

(Slow, gentle rhythm)

I was that little girl who played with boys and got dirty. Never was I invited, to any festivities or parties.

I was a worn-out pair of boots, dusty and old.

With stories in my soul that were waitin' to be told.

I was the first to fall, the last to get up!

Drinkin' life's hard lessons from hundreds of storms that passed through. That took with them, bits of chipped pieces from-my cup.

(Chorus)

But I am the heart that's still beatin' strong!

A little bit broken, but I know where I belong.

I am the sun risin' over the eastern hill.

And the long shadow standin' perfectly still.

I am the fire that continues to burn. From within your soul, lessons for you to have learned.

(Verse 2)

I was the one who believed in fairytale lies.

Lost in a storm cloud 'neath all these hopeless skies.

I was a song that nobody heard,

Just a melody waitin' on the right word.

I was the one who let a good thing go,

Watchin' all the seeds that I planted, but never seemed to grow.

(Chorus)

But I am the heart that's still beatin' strong!

A little bit broken, but I know where I belong.

I am the sun risin' over the eastern hill!

And the long shadow standin' perfectly still.

I am the fire that continues to burn. From within your soul, lessons, for you to have learned.

(Bridge)

I was the one who finally figured it out.

To put my faith in what was real, and lay to rest, all my doubts.

I will be the whisper in the warm summer breeze!

Shakin' all your doubts out from those old willow trees.

I will be the strength when the world lets me down.

Wearin' a new smile, as I prance the new me, throughout this town.

(Chorus)

'Cause I was the heart that was beatin' so low,

And I am the one who's watchin' my spirit grow.

I was the shadow, but now I stand tall!

Ready to move heaven and earth, to prevail my stand, after I fall.

And I will be the flame that'll keep burnin' bright!

Through the darkest of days and the longest of nights.

(Outro)

(Music softens)

I was... I am...

(Slow strum)

And I will be...

(Final gentle strum, fades to silence)