At Least for a While

Mama, I've got a feeling

That blue skies are ahead,

That they're coming for us.

I think we've got to keep hoping--

I know it's hard to believe.

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We've been hurt and downtrodden,

Had out hearts broken, in way too many ways.

We're at the bottom of the rocks

And we're scrambling to climb up.

I know that we both want, these tears to stop falling.

Chorus 2:

So here I am, crossing my fingers

Praying for this pain to the end,

If not for long, at least for a while

We need a little clean air to breathe,

Instead of all this suffocating negativity that seems to cling.

Mama, we've just got to hold on

The grass is going to grow

And flowers have got to bloom

I think we're going to be all right--

No one's ever had friends like you and I.

Chorus 1

Chorus 2

We've been hurt and downtrodden

We're at the bottom of the rocks,

We're scrambling to climb up.

And we're going to make it,

I know in my heart we're going to make it.

I've got to believe it,

At least for a while.

Love Myself

I’ve got these scars,

They’re on the inside and outside.

I’ve cried over each path I’ve taken

But I know these maps won’t define me.

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I’m learning to love myself

Praying God will lead me on

Hold me tightly, for each time I fall—

I will love myself.

I defied my family

Inked my skin and got a piercing;

I will go against traditions,

Fly out of this cocoon I am in.

Chorus

Chorus

You see a person in front of you,

Broken, cracked, bleeding and bruised.

You think that you know me,

But I’m telling you not to judge me.

Chorus

You don’t think that I can be free

Be myself, the one that’s not seen

You don’t listen to me

It’s time to hear me.

Chorus

I will love—

I will love myself.