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The Afternoon Was Mine

V5.5

Verse 1 Dad was still at work. Mom was somewhere I couldn’t see. The front door clicked behind me… And the afternoon was mine. The sunshine warmed my little face, The breeze played through my hair. The whole wide world was calling me… So I wandered over there. Pre-Chorus I didn’t have a reason… I only had my feet. And every little heartbeat… Whispered… “Go see.” ⸻ Chorus ONE LITTLE STEP… THEN ONE MORE. EVERY DAY… AN OPEN DOOR. IF IT MADE ME WONDER… OFF I’D GO. THAT’S JUST HOW… LITTLE HEARTS GROW. ⸻ Verse 2 Past the flowers and the fence, Past the mailbox by the road. Something bright was in the sunshine… Somewhere I had never gone. It was bigger than my whole world, Higher than I’d ever seen. I didn’t know its name at all… It just looked like a dream. Pre-Chorus One small hand… Then another. One small foot… Then my knee. Everything kept getting bigger… The higher… I could see. ⸻ Chorus ONE LITTLE STEP… THEN ONE MORE. EVERY DAY… AN OPEN DOOR. IF IT MADE ME WONDER… OFF I’D GO. THAT’S JUST HOW… LITTLE HEARTS GROW. ⸻ Bridge The wind was laughing with me. The sky was big and blue. I thought I’d found forever… Without a single clue. I wasn’t chasing something. I wasn’t running free. I was just following wonder… Wherever it led me. ⸻ Final Chorus ONE LITTLE STEP… THEN ONE MORE. EVERY DAY… AN OPEN DOOR. THE BIGGEST JOURNEYS… START THIS WAY. WITH LITTLE FEET… AND A BRAND NEW DAY. ⸻ Outro Dad was still at work. Mom was somewhere I couldn’t see. The front door clicked behind me… And the afternoon… Was mine.