she never stops trying (a song for Bethany)

there’s a girl that i know just a few blocks away

and she’s filling up with wisdom for her words and her ways

i said, “i neglect you and i wanna be all that i should”

she said, “i’m here for learning on, and i think that you’re good”

and the thing i like about her

is that she never stops trying

digging down and building up

with a purpose that’s never dying

never dying

she’s painting with a brush of the beauty she can’t see

singing from a canvas the colours that we need

she said, “my steps fall weighty... as i start to learn my part 

in the dance” and i think Jesus is living in her art

and the thing i like about her

is that she never stops trying

digging down and building up

with a purpose that’s never dying

never dying

she dances with a broom every night before bed

sweeping up the footprints with a song in her head

that girl is only two years and seven months older than i am

she’s my sister and a woman and my friend

and the thing i like about her

is that she never stops trying

she never stops trying