Nuts

I'm just a nut on a big ol’ tree

that's tryin’ real hard to stay real green

and get real strong and grow real tall

‘til the leaves turn yella then red then fall.

I'm just a nut just a blowin’ in the breeze,

wishin’ and a hopin’ to make more trees.

When the wind from the west comes blowin’ real hard,

I'll fall off of a limb and get buried in the yard.

And when the tree stops tryin’ and its trunk comes down,

I'll be waiting underneath in it's shadow underground

to sprout a little leaf through the earth for the sun

so I can grow a little bit bigger and become…

A little bitty tree just blowin’ in the breeze,

where a biggin' once stood that made room for me,

with my own green leaves that'll fill someday

the hole in the sky where my daddy did sway.

I'm just a nut on a big ol' tree,

with real big thoughts and real big dreams

about growin' up tall and growin' up strong…

and then a squirrel came by and ate me.