To The Trees Lyrics

I've got a sister

Beats her own drum

One day she moved into a tree

Right then and there

Everything changed

She knew where she wanted to be

And that's saying something

With your whole family watching

To get up from the table

Walk out in the yard

Knowing who you really are

To the trees

To the trees

She's another bird set free

It's where she's meant to be

Lolling in its branches

Toasting life's chances

I hope she remembers me

To the trees

It's not safe up there

It gives us a scare

Mom and dad rarely agree

And it's taken them years

To swallow their fears

Make any sense of her needs

But she's made up her mind

We gaze up from the clothesline

Craning our necks

She gives a wave

She's really not so far

To the trees

To the trees

She's another bird set free

It's where she's meant to be

Lolling in its branches

Taking all life's chances

I hope she remembers me

To the trees

She's up for games every day

All the kids want to play

My sister's in the chestnut tree

She always wins at hide and seek

From limb to limb

She travels miles

Never touching down

She can liberate kites

Spot thieves in the night

And spy burglars on the ground

And that's saying something

She heard a higher calling

She has a life up there

She's going somewhere

She's never all that far

To the trees

To the trees

She's another bird set free

A whole forest for a home

Still she's one of us

In her nest luxurious

Rallying the bees

My sister

To the trees