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Pre Verse 1

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Like the wind on a young tree reflecting in the lake

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You carefully bend me, but not enough to break

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I see my own likeness bowing there so fresh and green

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

Verse 1

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spacerYou give me hope to grow on.

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Hope that makes a love stand strong

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Hope that makes a love last long

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Last long like the ageless spirit You impart

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Last long like an acorn planted in my heart.

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In my heart, You give me hope to grow on

Refrain

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spacerWhile others feed me lies

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spacerlike poison in my meat

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spacerYou strengthen me within and set me on my feet.

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spacerTo stand against the forces

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spacer'til the awesome day's complete

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spacerCome running home for you to make it obsolete.

Verse 2

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Hope that makes a love stand strong

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Hope that makes a love last long

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Last long like the ageless spirit You impart

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Last long like an acorn planted in my heart.

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In my heart, You give me hope to grow . . .

Chorus 2 Extension

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. . . On, like the mighty oak tree does

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To spread its sheltering wings into

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the wind like the morning dove

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. . . On, like the mighty oak tree does

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

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On, beside the waters growing here

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With its love affair with the wind to

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flou spacer rish on for a thousand years.


Outro
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spacerYou give me hope to grow on.