I am a tree
I show my age when I don't cry
I have the leaves that will
Fall off when wind blows by

Don't strip off my bark
I have been stripped of it before
Yesterday's gone and tomorrow
Has so much more in store

You are a bird
You're taking off in every way
Say the last word until
There is nothing more to say

Don't interrupt
You know the squirrels are my friends
Get off my limb
For I will break before I bend

I'm planning to see
I'm planning to feel you all over me
So climb up my trunk
And build on your nest

Come and get the sap out of me
I am a tree
Fruitless and free
No symmetry
Touch me and see

I am a tree
Counting my rings will do no good
I won't live long but
I would be with you if I could
When you take flight
Remember me to one who lives there
Since you have flown
There's something special in the air