[MC Lars:]
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I once had a friend who meant everything to me
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And our friendship was quite special, see that friend was a tree
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When I swung from his branches he held me so tightly
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Up in my sleeping bag, kept me company nightly
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He was heaven sent, benevolent, the best friend ever
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Gave me all I needed and he made my world better
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Kept the darkness at bay, like I could always stay
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6 years old forever, I was happy every day
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[Mac Lethal:]
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I got branches you can climb, pretty colored leaves
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Granny Apples and some vines
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See that's my friend the sun but I don't have to let it shine
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You can quietly play away from all the bright light and the shade
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I'm the bigger brother that you never had
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You can snap my branches off or punch and kick me if you're ever mad
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Your Dad just does not provide the strength that I do
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Now lean against me boy scribble me a haiku
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[MC Lars:]
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Then adolescence hit like giant brick
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That was it love sick I would sit
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In her arms and I'd stick
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A dagger in the heart of my loyal friend the tree
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Carved initials in his bark Mary Jane next to me
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Because things change right? I guess that's just life
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Like Puff the Magic Dragon, Jackie Paper took a hike
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Stop crying - look at me - I'm growing up
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But I'm still showing up and I'm still showing love!
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[Mac Lethal:]
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Here boy, why don't you take a couple of these Granny Smiths
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Go down to the market, follow this manuscript
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Sell a couple of them, tell the people that they're grown organically
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Use the money, buy your girl the necklace of her fantasies
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If they want more I got oranges, cherries,
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cashews, cupcakes, chocolate strawberries
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You got to understand that I'm not just a normal tree
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I'm here to fulfill all your needs... plant a seed.
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[CHORUS]
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I'm your Giving Tree.
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[MC Lars:]
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Then I became a man, too busy to climb trees
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Though I miss the tire swing, I'm climbing higher see
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made millions I've done it, corner office view
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I'm a very busy man don't have time to talk to you
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Some nights I reminisce; I sit up feeling sick
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So I pop another pill and it seems to do the trick
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Surviving on my own for the last 40 years,
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I'll always love you tree but now I'm going, I'm growing
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[Mac Lethal:]
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This was not about you spending time in the forest
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This has been about me providing resources, for you
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Cause that's my style, smile, I think you find happiness in a child
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Or two, here, take a branch that's big
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Make yourself a nice digs, a good place to live
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Then create a couple kids, trust me, you're not abandoning me
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'Cause I will always be your family tree
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[MC Lars:]
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Sitting by myself, feeling so lonely
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My friends are all dying and nobody seems to know me
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My trophy wife ran off and my kids never call
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I need a way to leave and get away from it all
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Old and sad all the good times I had
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Have faded through the hourglass my memories are sand
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I was the king of the forest and you were my throne
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But before I pass away there's some world's I've never known
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[Mac Lethal:]
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Here take the rest of me, take what's left
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Maybe you should sail over waters and the depths of the world,
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Forget about your ungrateful kids and your girl
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Don't you want to see the blue sea?
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You, me, your friend, the wooden raft,
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Hopefully you learn how to smile and even look and laugh
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Please boy, take what you want, but maybe
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You should leave yourself a stump, at least leave a stump.
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[REPEAT CHORUS]
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[MC Lars:]
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Now I'm back, and I can barely walk
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And I can barely talk, and I've sold all my stock
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So may I sit for a minute? I've got nothing left
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My life has been a journey, but now it's time to rest
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[Mac Lethal:]
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Even though I'm very old too please sit
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I can't tell you where the branches or the leaves went
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But I can tell you that it's time to sit, take a rest
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And process every single ounce of your stress
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[Lars:]
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Remember childhood? When it was you and me?
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Well now I'm finally home, and now I'm finally free
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You gave me everything, you were always there
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I close my eyes and drift away and I don't feel scared
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[Mac Lethal:]
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Remember childhood, wh |