Johnny Meyer - Tell My Story

I shook loose from the branches and fell down
I rolled downhill along until I stopped there on the ground
The runoff pushed me deep into the earth
I burrowed down into the mossy dirt
To tell my story

I broke into the morning dew at dawn
One chilly morning just before the frost was coming on
And I'll be here beneath the ice and snow
Till springtime comes along and lets me know
To tell my story

I grew up strong below the rock ridge line
Until the day I saw what lay beyond the other side
Water just as far as I could see
The echo of the silence beckons me
To tell my story

Ooh I love to feel the branches catch the wind
As it whistles up and down the mountainside
I hear it howl I hear it whispering
An even if it bends and breaks me I will tell my story

Forever I would stand against the sky
But the axe is laid unto the root the saw into my side
As I fell I gave a mighty groan
Bound and broken carried from my home

I was trusted to the carpenter
Fitted as the centerpiece steady and secure
Stepping up to where the seagulls fly
I look upon my own two wings of white

Oooh I love to feel the canvas catch the wind
As it ripples out across the ocean tide
I hear it howl I hear it whispering
No matter where it takes me I will tell my story

I've found my place in what it takes
To carry all the hopes and dreams
Of the ones who gave up everything
But the faith it took to leave
Like the faith of just one seed

Many miles and many moons have gone
Now I hear the watchman calling in the dawn
The promise of a land where they'd be free
Just beyond the shore there stands a tree
To tell my story

Written by:
John Meyer, Theodore MacMillan

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