Shape Me
By GAP241
Shape Me
Verse 1:
My home town did not make me
The person that I am today,
It’s not the place I want to be,
And I don’t long to make my way
Back there now or any day,
I had friends they faded away,
As I moved on and so did they,
And to this day we do not speak,
Nothing to say,
Chorus:
It’s the things that I have done,
Not false truths that are home spun,
The joy and sadness that I’ve felt,
The ups and downs I’ve been dealt,
These things have shaped me,
Verse 2:
My mother did her very best,
To give me values I could take
On my journeys, on my new quests,
But she knew she’d lost her crown,
As I escaped that tight knit town,
And spread my wings to other places
Where I’d meet those diff’rent faces
That I longed for,
Chorus:
It’s the things that I have done
Not false truths that are home spun,
The joy and sadness that I’ve felt,
The ups and downs I’ve been dealt,
It’s these that shaped me,
Verse 3:
And I have lived in many towns
That don’t strangle me or drown
Who I’ve become, who I am now,
A full grown tree, not a broken bough,
So I know it was no phase,
Nor another stupid craze,
My very soul was being crushed,
All my dreams turning to dust,
Thank God it didn’t shape me,
Bridge:
Even though life’s not all fun,
I’ll still turn around and shun
The town where I was born,
Cos it didn’t shape me,
Chorus:
It’s the things that I have done
Not false truths that are home spun,
The joy and sadness that I’ve felt,
The ups and downs I’ve been dealt,
It’s these that shaped me,
Outro;
It’s these that shaped me.
