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family tree - karyn michaelson lyrics

[verse 1: karyn michaelson]
tending to the family tree
with all it’s roots and all the leaves
one by one i try to catch
nothing i do will bring you back
[chorus]
i get to see you when i’m gone
i’m moving on
i’m moving on
[verse 2]
too much information passed on through generations
i’m shaking down the family tree
from the scottish to the english
norwegian and the swedish
to the land of opportunity
life long loads of memories
people places travesties
forgotten and time won’t tell
notes from war notes from spain
love letters left in vain
i’m root bound and overwhelmed
[chorus]
i get to see you when i’m gone
i’m moving on
i’m moving on
[solo]
[chorus]
i’m moving on
i’m moving on
[verse 3]
i keep coming up with questions that beg for your attention
they’re reminding me that you’re not here
all the things i could’ve done i wish i would’ve should’ve done
sifting through the wasted years
wandering these empty rooms
trying to do what’s right by you
scared of what the future brings
staring at the end of things
brave enough to roll the dice
all the things they sacrificed
i understand your overwhelm one child left to carry on
if i could figure all the facts maybe i could have you back
the sorrow it comes in waves
and i’m way over my head some days
[verse 4]
petrified family tree
i stopped growing my own leaves
calling on your memory
you say to do what’s right by me
like the air the sun the earth and the fun
[chorus]
i get to see you when i’m gone
i’m moving on
i’m moving on
[verse 5]
worlds will come and worlds will go
we’re all here to make it so
all the things we’ve learned this life
are not for naught the knot survives
[chorus]
i get to see you when i’m done

- karyn michaelson lyrics

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