The Story Of You

Music by David Berry, lyrics by Leslie and David Berry

Remembering your lost loved ones...
They taught you well,
Walked with you in the sun
As they told you stories
Of battles lost and battles they had won,
Of love gained and trials overcome.

You watch your children striving
To make sense of it,
To ascribe some meaning
To all the bits and pieces of your history
They find so puzzling.

Your life is the story that you will tell,
The story your children will tell of you.
They will remember it very well
And never see it the same as you.

You set your mind to imagining
Those who lived before
And what their lives must have been,
With tales of pain and hardship and fallen soldiers
Written in the civil war.

Speak to me your words of wisdom,
The things that you’ve learned.
The pages you have turned
Will help me make my way through this book of life
I’ve hardly begun.

Your life is the story you will tell,
The story your children will tell of you.
They will remember it very well
And never see it the same as you.

Write it down for posterity,
Your reflections.
Keep trying to give the world a glimpse
Into the heart of the woman they see.
Your impressions might be lost,
Even on those who know your history.

Your life is the story you will tell,
The story your children will tell of you.
They will remember it very well
And never see it quite the way you do.

No matter what form the tale assumes,
It remains the story of you,
The story of you.

Leslie Berry - piano and lead vocal
Meredith Weber - background vocal
David Berry - guitars, bass
Jenni Thompson - percussion