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Tale Of An Oak Tree

from Pandora's Box by Zoe Wren

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Logs in the fire and stars in the endless black sky
Fire and stars are reflected in both of our eyes
Oh tell me a tale of a time that's gone by
Make it a long one, we've all of tonight
Til the sun wakes and rubs its tired eyes
In the dawn's light

I'll tell you a tale of an oak tree that grew in these woods
Its branches stretched out to the sky just as far as they could
And there in its branches a bird made its nest
With her three children is where she would rest
Watch the sun from the east to the west
Over the trees

She'd fly through the woods
To find food for her children to eat
Life was simple, life was good
She had all she could possibly need

One day she came home just to find that her home was not there
Dragged off by some men and machines to be cut up somewhere
Oh where are my children oh where cried the bird
Have they been taken or have they been hurt
Tell me where are my children she cried
But nobody heard

She searched and she hoped
But how could they survive such a fall
Now where would she go
She had nothing left
Nothing at all

Logs in the fire and stars in the endless black sky
The forest is silent except for one lonely bird's cry
Oh life must go on still though one's torn apart
Time can't be stopped for a small broken heart
The next day must go on like the last
Each empty day

When the morning arrives
Well we'll pack up our things and be gone
Leave the forest behind
Our busy lives carrying on
But that tree stump where you sit
Is a thing you've not thought of or known
But once long ago
To one little bird it was home

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from Pandora's Box, released September 13, 2014
Vocals and instruments by Zoe Wren

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Folkstock Records UK

Boutique label releasing handpicked singer songwriters from the Folkstock fold.
Most engineering, mixing and mastering by Lauren Deakin Davies.
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