I Am A Tree lyrics

I am a tree - I show my age when I don’t cryI have the leaves that will fall off when wind blows byDon’t strip off my bark - I have been stripped of it beforeYesterday’s gone and tomorrow has so much more in storeYou are a bird - you’re taking off in every waySay the last word until there is nothing more to sayDon’t interrupt - you know the squirrels are my friendsGet off my limb - for I will break before I bendI’m planning to seeI’m planning to feel you all over meSo climb up my trunk and build on your nestCome and get the sap out if meI am a tree!Fruitless and free!No symmetry!Touch me and see!I am a tree - counting my rings will do no goodI won’t live long but I would be with you if I couldWhen you take flight, remember me to one who lives thereSince you have flown, there’s something special in the air(re-zoom/busy signals from the home front)
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