Just One Tree

JUST ONE TREE
Words by Paul Norman Tapp ©2024

I can no longer remember her face 
I just seeing her packing her suitcase 
Long before tall trees fell 
Timber spoke a sad farewell

She made out like a lumberjack 
I wondered was she never coming back
So many lies she had told to me 
But the truth fell with just one tree

Who knows where lies might lead 
When the truth is cut just who will bleed 
So many lies she had told to me 
But the truth fell with just one tree

There was an old oak standing tall 
Never thought that tree would fall 
Many men live and die to 
Climb a tree just to tell a lie

Ropes and ladders a sharpened blade 
May someday take away your shade
So many lies she had told to me 
But the truth fell with just one tree

Who knows where lies might lead 
When the truth is cut just who will bleed 
So many lies she had told to me 
But the truth fell with just one tree

Funny how the seasons blend 
Autumn yields to winters’ wind 
With each falling leaf I retrace 
Her packing that tree into her suitcase

Every branch and every bough 
Even the trunk fit some how
So many lies she had told to me 
But the truth fell with just one tree

Who knows where lies might lead 
When the truth is cut just who will bleed 
So many lies she had told to me 
But the truth fell with just one tree
Just one tree

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