The Tree

from Broken Records by Spaceship

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lyrics

Based on a poem by Matt Conley.

Father made me chop down the tree

It was back then, back when I was small

Twenty strikes was what it took

The tree shrieked, bent, then folded flat

Snow wrapped itself around the dead limb

Shivering, I sobbed into my scarf

I watched father drag the tree away

Later he burned it as we watched TV

The flames flickered, cracking in the air

The bark burned to bits of dust

And I never felt colder in my life

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from Broken Records, released May 1, 2020

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Spaceship

Curator for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's production company hitRECord, through which my songs The Spaces Between and Of The Future were produced for the Emmy-winning TV series Hit Record on TV.

No, I am not from Austin. XD

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