Hope To Grow On

Verse 1

Like the wind on a youg tree reflecting in a lake

You carefully bend me, but not enough to break

I see my own likeness bowing there so fresh and green

And just like that day breeze You're there but can't be seen.

Chorus 1

You give me hope to grow on.

Hope that makes a love stand strong

Hope that makes a love last long

Last long like the ageless spirit You impart

Last long like an acorn planted in my heart.

You give me hope to grow on

Refrain

While others feed me lies like poison in my meat

You strengthen me within and set me on my feet.

To stand against the forces 'til the awesome day's complete

Come running home for you to make it obsolete.

Chorus 2

You give me hope to grow on.

Hope that makes a love stand strong

Hope that makes a love last long

Last long like the ageless spirit You impart

Last long like an acorn planted in my heart.

You give me hope to grow . . .

Chorus 2 Extension

On, like the mighty oak tree does

To spread its sheltering wings into the wind like the morning dove

(Short bridge)

On, l ike the mighty oak tree does

And you know it won't be shaken when the earthquake comes

On, beside the waters growing here

With its love affair with the wind to flourish on for a thousand years.

You give me hope to grow on.