Standing here, the old man said to me Long before these crowded streets Stood my dreaming tree But know that he would sit For hours at a time Now progress takes away What forever took to find Now he's falling hard He feels the falling dark How he longs to be Beneath this dreaming tree Conquered fear did crawl A moment froze in time When the girl he first did kiss Promised him she'd be his Remembered mother's words There beneath the tree No matter what the worth He's always been a baby Mommy come quick The dreaming tree has died The air is growing thick From fear he cannot hide The dreaming tree has died Oh, have you no pity? This thing I do I do not deny it All through the smile Crooked as danger Do not deny I know that in my mind I would leave you now If I had the strength to I would leave you up To your own devices Will you not talk? Can youtake pity? I don't ask much Won't you speak, please? From the start She knew she had it made Easy up 'til then For sure she'd make the grade Adorers came in hoards To lay down in the way Gave it all she had Treasures slowly faded Now she's falling hard Feels the fall of dark How did this fall apart She drinks to fiill it up A smile of sweetest flowers Wilted soul and sour Black tears stain the cheeks That once were so admired She thinks when she was small There on her father's knee How he had promised her: "You'll always be my baby." Daddy come quick The dreaming tree has died I can't find my way home There is no place to hide The dreaming tree has died Shake, shake, shake, shake... Oh, if I had the strength to I would leave you up To your own devices Will you not talk? Can you take pity? I don't ask much But won't you speak, please? Take me back Take meback Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me back Take me please...

The Dreaming Tree