The Dreaming Tree

Standing here
 The old man said to me
 "Long before these crowded streets
 Here stood my dreaming tree"
 Below it he would sit
 For hours at a time
 Now, progress takes away
 What forever took to find
 And now, he's falling hard
 He feels the falling dark
 How he longs to be
 Beneath his dreaming tree
 Conquered fear to climb
 The moment froze in time
 When the girl who first he kissed
 Promised him she'd be his
 Remembered mother's words
 There beneath the tree
 "No matter what the world
 You'll always be my baby"
 Mommy, come quick
 The dreaming tree has died
 The air is growing thick
 A fear he cannot hide
 The dreaming tree has died
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 Oh, have you no pity?
 This thing I do, I do not deny it
 All through this smile as crooked as danger
 I do not deny, I know 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 you take pity?
 I don't ask for much
 But won't you speak, please?
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 From the start
 She knew she had it made
 Easy up 'til then
 For sure she'd make the grade
 Adorers came in hordes
 To lay down in her wake
 Gave it all she had
 But treasures slowly faded
 Now, she's falling hard
 Feels the fall of dark
 How did this fall apart?
 She drinks to fill the dark
 A smile of sweetest flowers
 Wilted so and soured
 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"
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 Shake't, shake't, shake't, shake't
 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 for much
 But won't you speak, please?
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 Too much time
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 Take me back, take me back, take me back
 Take me back, take me back, take me back
 Take me back
 Save me, please
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 Take me back