Old Tree Lyrics

The sound of the chainsaw splits the air

Today your tree comes down

Branch by branch, piece by piece

They lay that giant on the ground

Twas your mother poured the water from your baptizing

Around the trunk of that oak tree

When high school was over you made your plans

Under that giant canopy

Measuring years, marking time

For a restless boy to climb

Under it's shade you grew

When you left, I guess

Old Tree left too

Beautiful tree whose life was long

We marked it's final day

And you're right here by my side

Though you're 300 miles away

And it feels right that it's in the fall

With snow flakes in the sky

The sun sets through a gaping hole

That Old Tree used to occupy

Measuring years, marking time

Such a mighty tree you'll rarely find

Under it's shade you grew

When you left, I guess

Old Tree left too

The sound of the geese heading south

Lit by a silver moon

The season turns, I hear the song

Old Tree is in that tune

Measuring years, marking time

Strong in the bright sunshine

Here's a song for tree and you

When you left, I guess

Old Tree left too