Dear Me

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[Verse 1]
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Dear Me ...
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This is a letter to the girl I used to be
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Dear Me ...
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There are some things that you should know
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It's not my intention to embarrass or to shame you
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What's inside the rear-view mirror is closer than it appears
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We do the best that we know how, with what we have been given
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And the difference between you and I is, I've been given time
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In time, you'll see

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[Verse 2]
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Dear Me …
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This is a letter to the girl I used to be
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Some things are not as simple as we said
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Remember when we thought there were a handful of some magic words to pray
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A guarantee and a down payment on a mansion
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Remember all the rules we made about the Body and the Blood
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The hoops we made them jump through.
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Though He offers it to everyone
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I'm so sorry

[Chorus 1]
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Do you remember now the things I said I thought that I deserved
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My flag, and safety, a place to learn
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The things I know I didn't earn
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And bless their hearts, I'm sure it's hard
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But handouts don't help anyone
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And all the talk about the system
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I sure hope someone can fix them
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I said those things

[Verse 3]
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Dear Me …
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This is a letter to the girl I used to be
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You'll see, you're gonna take the long way
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And there is nothing you could do or say to separate you
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From the love of God who made you just exactly as He meant to
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And you cannot imagine all the places you'll see Jesus
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But you'll find Him everywhere you thought He wasn't supposed to go
So, go!.. Go!..

[Chorus 2]
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And hold all the mothers, whose babies bleed from bullet holes
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And feel all the hunger, the bellies and the bones
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Shout for the prisoner, cry for justice, loud and long
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And march with the victims, as Jesus marches on
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And sit at all the tables, 'cause Jesus eats with everyone
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And dance to the music, if you can't sing its native tongue
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And cry for the wombs, the mothers and the empty arms
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And hold high the warriors, fighting now for freedoms' song

[Bridge]
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And love, love, love, love
Like it's your own blood
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And love, love, love, love
As you have been loved
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Love, love, love, love
Like it's your own blood
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Love, love, love, love
As you have been loved
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Love, love, love, love, love
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Like [you have been?]
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Love, love, love, love, love
It's all about love!
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Love, love, love, love, love
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His name is love
Love, love, love, love, love

[Verse 4]
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Dear Me …
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You did not learn this in a day or two or three
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So ask a lot of questions
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But Jesus loves us, this I know
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And there are no exceptions