From the recording My September
Written by Joanne Stacey, Heidi Love & Courtenay Brown-Aman
Lyrics
WEEPING WILLOW
PURE AND FREE, BORN IN LIGHT
WILLOW’S SPIRIT SHONE SO BRIGHT
BUT A CHILD’S JOY WAS SILENCED
THE DAY HE TOOK HER INNOCENCE
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HEAR HER CRYING IN THE WIND
LIKE A TREE, SHE’S LEARNED TO BEND
ANCHORED ROOTS WON’T SET HER FREE
HER BROKEN SOUL, GOD ONLY KNOWS
WEEPING WILLOW
NOW WEEPING WILLOW’S ALL ALONE
TRYING TO FIND HER WAY BACK HOME
WITH WEARY EYES SHE WEARS HER PAIN
PLENTY OF HURT HAS LEFT A STAIN
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BRIDGE:
FOLKS ROUND HERE HOLD HER SECRET CLOSE
IT HAUNTS THIS TOWN JUST LIKE A GHOST
AND AS FOR HIM, HE RAN AWAY
SO THAT HE DON’T HAVE TO PAY
BUT THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY COME AROUND
PUT YOU 6 FT IN THE GROUND
SOME DAY, FOR HER I PRAY
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