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The Dreaming Tree

Dave Matthews Band

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The Dreaming Tree

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Standing hereThe old man said to me"Long before these crowded streetsHere stood my dreaming tree"Below it he would sitFor hours at a timeNow progress takes awayWhat forever took to findNow he's falling hardHe feels the falling darkHow he longs to beBeneath his dreaming treeConquered fear to climbA moment froze in timeWhen the girl who first he kissedPromised him she'd be hisRemembered mother's wordsThere beneath the tree"No matter what the worldYou'll always be my baby"Mommy come quickThe dreaming tree has diedThe air is growing thickA fear he cannot hideThe dreaming tree has diedOh have you no pityThis thing I doI do not deny itAll through this smileAs crooked as dangerI do not denyI know in my mindI would leave you nowIf I had the strength toI would leave you upTo your own devicesWill you not talkCan you take pityI don't ask muchBut won't you speakPleaseFrom the startShe knew she had it madeEasy up 'til thenFor sure she'd make the gradeAdorers came in hordesTo lay down in her wakeShe gave it all she hadBut treasures slowly fadeNow she's falling hardShe feels the fall of darkHow did this fall apartShe drinks to fill it upA smile of sweetest flowersWilted so and souredBlack tears stain the cheeksThat once were so admiredShe thinks when she was smallThere on her father's kneeHow he had promised her"You'll always be my baby""Daddy come quickThe dreaming tree has diedI can't find my way homeThere is no place to hideThe dreaming tree has died"Oh if I had the strength...Take me backSave me please

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