The Dreaming Tree - Live At Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA - September 2007

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
And feels the falling dark
And 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 thing
I feel it cannot hide
The dreaming tree has died

Oh, have you no pity?
This thing I do
Well, I do not deny it
All through this smile

As crooked as danger
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?
Don't ask for much
Won't you speak, please?

From the start
She knew she had it made
It was easy up 'til then
For sure she'd make the grade

Adorers came in hordes
To lay down in her wake
She gave it all she had
And treasures slowly faded

Now, she's falling hard
She feels the falling dark
How she longs to be
She drinks to fill the dark

A smile as 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
And I've got no place to hide
The dreaming tree has died"

Oh, if I had the strength to
I would leave you up
To your own devices
Will you not talk?
Can you take pity?
Don't ask for much
Won't you speak, please?

Take me back
Take me back
Take me back
Take me back

Take me back
Take me back
Take me back
Take me back
Save me, please, oh