Heartwood - Live at The Natural History Museum

Would you hew me to the heartwood, cutter?
Would you lay me low beneath your feet?
Listen to my sap mutter
Hear my heartwood beat

Would you throw me on the log pile, cutter?
Would you toss me to the steel saw blade?
Listen to my leaves flutter
Hear my heartwood break

Would you lean your back against me, cutter?
Would you rest your axe awhile and sleep?
Listen to the saw guy utter
Hear my heartwood weep

Hear my heartwood
Hear my heartwood
Hear my heartwood

I drink the rain, I eat the sun
I give the breath that fills your lungs
I hear the roaring engines thrum
But I cannot run

Would you hew me to the heartwood, cutter?
Would you lay me low beneath your feet?
Listen to my sap mutter
Hear my heartwood beat

Hear my heartwood
Hear my heartwood
Hear my heartwood



Credits
Writer(s): Jim Molyneux, Julie Mairi Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris John Drever, Karine Polwart, Rachel Sandra Newton, Robert Grant Macfarlane, Bethany Rosanna Porter, Kerry Jennifer Andrew, Jackie Morris
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