[Verse 1]

        
        I had 

to prove that 

I could make i

t alone
           
        But th

          
at's not me
           
        I want

ed to show how

 independent I

'd grown now
           
        But th

          
at's not me
              
        I coul

        
d try to be bi

          
g in the eyes 

of the world
            
        What m

          
atters to me i

            
s what I could

              
 be to just on

      
e girl


[Chorus 1]

              
        I'm a 


little bit sca

red
              
        Cause 

       
I haven't been

          
 home in a lon

      
g time
              
        You ne


eded my love
              
        And I 

            
know that I le

             
ft at the wron

        
g time


[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)

        My folks when I wrote them
        Told 'em what I was up to said that's not me
        I went through all kinds of changes
        Took a look at myself and said that's not me
        I miss my pad and the places I've known
        And every night as I lay there alone I would dream


[Chorus 2]

          
        I once


 had a dream
            
        So I p

         
acked up and s

            
plit for the c

      
ity
          
        I soon

             
 found out tha

         
t my lonely li

             
fe wasn't so p

     
retty
             
        I'm gl

              
ad I went now 

            
I'm that much 

              
more sure that

             
 we're ready


[Coda] 
(repeat to fade)

          
        I once


 had a dream
            
        So I p

         
acked up and s

            
plit for the c

      
ity
          
        I soon

            
 found out tha

       
t my lonely li

             
fe wasn't so p

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retty