Still becoming me

[Verse 1]
When I was a little girl running barefoot through the yard
People asked what I’d be someday, but I never had it carved
Teachers talked of futures like they were a straight-line road
But I was still a wanderer trying on the world

I didn’t know where life would lead
Just knew there was more waiting for me

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[Verse 2]
First job tying aprons on at a diner down the street
Pouring coffee, learning patience, standing on my feet
Small town conversations and the clatter of the plates
A year of learning who I was between the rush and breaks

It was just a stepping stone
To somewhere I didn’t know

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[Chorus]
Life don’t come with a map in your hand
Sometimes you learn it one step at a time
Every road that you walk makes you who you are
Even the ones you leave behind

From a waitress in a small café
To dirt roads under open skies
Every chapter wrote a piece of me
And I’m still becoming who I’m meant to be

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[Verse 3]
Then came mornings on a quiet farm with the rising sun
Working through the changing seasons till the day was done
Boots in the mud, wind in my hair
Found a little freedom working out there

But life back home got hard to face
So eighteen came and I found my way

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[Verse 4]
Packed my bags and left that town
Heart beating loud but my feet stood strong
Started helping people who needed hands to hold
Sitting by their bedside when the nights got cold

Something in that calling felt right to me
Like maybe this was where I’m meant to be

Graduation day came fast that year
CNA letters finally appeared

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[Chorus]
Life don’t come with a map in your hand
Sometimes you learn it one step at a time
Every road that you walk makes you who you are
Even the ones you leave behind

From farm fields under summer skies
To caring for a stranger’s pain
Every moment shaped my heart
And I’d walk those roads again

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[Bridge]
Then one day love walked into my life
A boy who saw my restless side
Now a ring on my hand and a child on the way
Standing beside me every day

And sometimes I wonder what’s next for me
Another door or another dream

But maybe the journey is the point of it all
Learning to rise every time I fall

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[Final Chorus]
Life don’t come with a map in your hand
But somehow God still leads the way
From small town shifts and dusty roads
To the life I’m living today

Now I’m a wife and soon a mom
With a future I still can’t see
But every step that brought me here
Was building who I’d be

And though I don’t know where the next road goes
I know I’m exactly where I’m meant to be

Still becoming me

Storytelling Country Ballad, female vocals, Acoustic country ballad