The Last Tree

10 hours ago by @nwakeman

Liner Notes

I wrote this song as I considered our world's future. Unmitigated expansion can destroy our environment if not properly addressed. I can get overwhelmed by this reality, but intentional collective action can make a difference. This is a challenge for myself to take action and seek community in that action.
#personwithpiano #environmentalism #political

Lyrics

One day we'll find the last tree
Standing still alone it waits for me
It's shade enough just for its tiny plot
Of healthy earth it's planted in its spot
The last songbird will nest in branch along
Silent now for no one's song
Among its roots lays the very last hare
Rests without any prancing for it's bare

How is this the present that I see
How did this become the final tree
Search my mind for history
How we want the world to be
Maybe not so long, someone comes along
Plants a tree again, saves the world but then
That person just isn't me

Circling the tree sprawl our roads most high
Glorious towers hide the sun and sky
Our precious cars choke the air we've flown
But at least we've made the world our own

How is this the present that I see
How did this become the final tree
Search my mind for history
How we want the world to be
Maybe not so long, someone comes along
Plants a tree again, saves the world but then
That person just isn't me

Every year we thought we'd learn from the past
We'd fix the problems from the last
But then we'd grow and build just without heed
Of where our choices, where they would lead

How is this the present that I see
How did this become the final tree
Search my mind for history
How we want the world to be
Maybe not so long, someone comes along
Plants a tree again, saves the world but then
That person just isn't me
That person, could it be me
That person, could you join with me

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