[Verse 1]
Feel the wind burn through my skin
The pain, the air is killing me
For years my limbs stretched to the sky
A nest for birds to sit and sing
But now my branches suffer and my leaves don t bear the glow
They did so long ago
[Verse 2]
One day I was full of life
My sap was rich and I was strong
From seed to tree I grew so tall
Through wind and rain I could not fall
But now my branches suffer and my leaves don t offer
Poetry to men of song
[Verse 3]
Trees like me weren t meant to live if all this world can give
Is pollution and slow death
Oh Lord I lay me down no life s left to be found
There s nothing left for me
(D)
Trees like me weren t meant to live if all this earth can give
Is pollution
Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground
There s nothing left for me
