Walkin' Jim Stoltz If I Were A Tree
G C
1) If trees could talk what tales they'd tell,
G D
I'm sure they'd get so gabby that their tongues would
swell,
G C
They'd chatter away about their seedling days,
G D G
Five hundred years ago is a long, long ways.
Chorus: C G
If I were a tree I'd grow all gnarly
D G
My roots would be knobby and my limbs all snarly,
C G
I'd have moss on my back and squirrels on my knees,
D G
I'd grow old and wise, If I were a tree.
2) If I were a tree, I'd have lots of friends,
The wind would take me dancin' when she came round
again,
I'd have ants and owls and bears and bees,
Everybody likes to live in a tree.
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3) If I were a tree, guess what kind,
A bristlecone, a limber, or a whitebark pine,
Or maybe a willow or a big doug fir,
Or maybe an oak tree of the kind called burr.
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4) Be kind to the trees cause they're older than you,
No tellin' their adventures that they've been through.
So next time you go out and climb a tree,
Don't break no branches cause it might be me.
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5) If you were a tree, how would you feel,
If they cut you and they gouged you, oh what a deal,
And someday you'd wake up and it'd smart to find,
Someone carved their initials in your behind!
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6) So next time you're out walkin' in the woods
Talk to the trees and make em feel so good.
And if you're a friend and you're feelin' snug,
Go ahead and reach out and give em a hug!
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