Verse :
I am not my family tree
These are different leaves, you know
There are miles and miles between
My roots and what I m tryin to grow
I am not the slave they sold
Nor am I royalty
worn them both The finest coat,
And rags that barely covered me
Chorus:
But there s mercy in the soil
Mercy in the sun
Learnin to forgive
What cannot be undone
What was meant to harm
Can t harm you in the end
Stepped out on a limb I thought my break
But love said,
It will only bend
It will only bend
Verse
I am not my past mistakes
Labeled by some place in time
Nor am I a trophy case
Tryin to maintain my shine
I have dreamed a thousand dreams
Watch a grain in famine grow
I am not my family tree
I have branches of my own
Bridge:
Oh, Does fate resign us too?
Find shelter for our wounds
Beneath the battered roof of broken dreams
Oh, But I will choose to stand
In the shadow of Your hand
And see what grows when grace has sown the seed
(Slow Down Strum ) Em
Oh, oh, oh
These are different leaves, you know
Oh, oh, oh
