[Verse 1]
Stella in her hiking boots
Backpack bigger than her head
Chattanooga morning
River glittering ahead
She’s counting every chipmunk
Waving at the butterflies
Has a pocket full of fossils
And questions in her eyes

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Stella
Stella
Future park ranger
Dancing with the deer
Telling trees her secrets
Stella
Stella
Tiny trailblazer
Spinning in the sunshine
Laughing at the breezes
Oh
The world gets better
Wherever you wander
Stella
My wild-hearted wonder

[Verse 2]
She lines her little rock pile
On the porch like precious gold
“I’ll build a museum
When I’m nine years old”
She twirls with the fireflies
Makes a stage out of the lawn
Moonlight is her spotlight
Crickets keep the beat till dawn (oh yeah)

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[Bridge]
Binoculars around her neck
Map folded in her vest
“Grandma
I’ll protect it all
I’ll do my best”
From every stone to every star
She says their names out loud
[whispered vocals] “This is my planet”
And I have never been so proud

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