Moving to Texas meant saying goodbye
To her old life in South Carolina
Into mine in the middle of high school
She packed her pain with a smile

She grew up fast 'cause she had to
Never bitter
Lost her youth, kept her gratitude
While her soul grew richer

She’s stronger than
Where she began
Please, girl, be careless
You're brighter than
I'm brighter with
We’re Brighter in
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris

l'll never forget those tears in my car
Over love lost, never made it far
She constructed a story about her worthiness
Couldn’t see the pretty in her scars

We grew away, not apart
She found her love and her family start
Now she's got two boys they call her home
Forever a light in a right of her own 

She’s stronger than
Where she began
Please, girl, be careless
You're brighter than
I'm brighter with
We’re Brighter in
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris

She knows a thing or two about raising them up
I hope she always knew how in awe I'm struck
She’s the city of lights, the city of love
Now, she's somebody’s wife and somebody’s mom
She’s been it all along

She’s stronger than
Where she began
Please, girl, be careless
You're brighter than
I'm brighter with
We’re Brighter in
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris
Brighter in Paris

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