Growing Trees Lyrics

Children gather 'round me and my story I will tell to you

It was 1963, it was summer and the sky and I were blue

I went to the bar to toast to my beloved

Barkeep took pity and bought me a bottle of red

I drank every drop then I stumbled into the dark

Last thing I recall was watching a falling star

Into sleep, I fell and onto that star I wished

Never to love another and nevermore to be kissed

Now even the driest wine is never left completely free of sugars

When the final product leaves the factory

Up to 200 grams per liter, see?

And those sugars when left unchecked beget ecology

Glucose, fructose, xylose, and arabinose

In my mouth became food for growing cellulose

Between my teeth and in my throat

It's sprouting out through my nose

Roots take hold and flowers bloom

And something wild grows

When I open up my mouth

A forest comes pouring out

I prune and pluck the flowers out

And I give them to our children so my love they will not doubt

I vow to keep up the drought

Of this poison that brought this fate about

But when I recall my love I think

Poor me, poor me, pour me another drink

When I open up my mouth

A forest comes pouring out

I prune and pluck the flowers out

And I give them to you children so my love you will not doubt