You can be like the tree
And just sit around and be happy
When you are a-blooming
And your season is ripe with some prunin'
May your grass grow tall in the spring before the fall
Your leftover branches collected by man and turned into ashes
The hills point north where the wind can soar
And the birds avoid paying taxes
The fence divides my yard and the sky
And the gravel, rough like the winter
You can be like the breeze
And come and go as you please
Replace all you know with the sound of the hollow
The tires shout and scream, spinning all about
Distracted again, and again, when the peace of the night turns bitter
credits
from Two If By Sea,
track released October 24, 2011
Joe Rosa, Matt Roads, Chris Ansuini, Dominic Moisant
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