David Hardin - The Tree Lyrics

They're comin' out this afternoon
To take out Daddy's tree
The one that him and momma planted back
In 1923
Hind the house that I grew up in
Front of fields that I got lost in
Through three wars
And the girlfriends
That I've long since forgotten
Save for you
Save for me
And the tree

They'll cut her down
And they'll split her up
And they'll hall her to the dump
They'll charge me fifty dollars
And leave me with a stump
Where every dog I've ever known
Was buried in her shade
And the first kiss that I ever stoled
And the one child that we made
Between you
Between me
Was beneath the tree

There's a ring
That was 45
And you were young
So was I
We'd take our pictures every Easter
Stick 'em in a book
And hide them in the closet
Where we're still afraid to look
Of us three
And the tree

There's a ring
And that was senior prom
There's a ring

That one's Vietnam
And it's 25 years later
Still can't believe he's gone
Save for the tree house on that flatbed
That's parked out on out lawn
And that leaves you
That leaves
Me
And the tree
That leaves you
That leaves me
And the tree