Dar Williams - Girl of the World lyrics

[Verse 1] I Can promise you that had not planned this To be a girl of the world The early clouds disappear The mountains fill an empty canvas I had not planned this The day reveals their beauty It brings a light into me So help me understand this [Chorus] For what I see Will I be loved? For what I know Will I be loved? For all I feel For all this fire Will they say she was the selfish one Who danced to please her god And left her work undone? [Verse 2] I Am finding that I'm like my country In the eyes of the world As the jaguar can survive in our forest If she's unseen Beautifully unseen So, too, we hide our treasure But we are lost forever And so I ask my country: [Chorus] For what I see Will I be loved? For what I know Will I be loved? For all I feel For all this fire Will you say she was the reckless one Who held a fragile world Up to the burning sun? [Instrumental] [Verse 3] I For what I've begun I am calling out To the girls of the world To those who drum and shout and speak your minds For what you've all seen I am calling Can we build a world of hearts? Or shall we live a world apart With what we've all seen? [Chorus] For all I write Will I be loved? For all I say Will I be loved? For all I feel For all this fire Will they say we were the bravest girls Who told them what we saw And saved the lonely world?