Cherry Trees (see demo 45038)
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Liner Notes:
PLEASE hear the gorgeous music that Nadia and Cola put to these lyrics:
http://fiftyninety.fawmers.org/song/45038
Week 9 challenge: fruit
I wrote it as a waltz in my head but could also hear it as a 4/4 folk ballad
Lyrics:
cherry trees
V1
we walked through
full green trees
now dotted
in red
we sang some
old love songs
that waltzed in
our heads
we felt the
warm bright sun
and that’s when
you said
C
will you marry me
by the cherry trees
next spring when
their flowers bloom?
will you marry me
by the cherry trees
I said yes
in the afternoon
V2
they skipped through
rows of trees
with cherries
ripe red
they ate fruit
hand picked from
trees taller then
their heads
they climbed and
played all day
and when tired
they said
C
will you carry me
by the cherry trees
I can’t walk
anymore?
will you carry me
by the cherry trees
we said yes
to children we adored
V2
we looked at
bare fall trees
now without
the red
from windows
of the car
memories filled
our heads
from years of
weddings and
picnics so
I said
C
will you bury me
by the cherry trees
when it’s time
for me to go?
will you bury me
by the cherry trees
it’s the most
special place I know
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Comments
I so love this! How romantic and what a great way to use fruit! Awesome write!
Hi Liz, beautiful lyrics, very romantic, loving and sad at the end. I might have music if you are happy for me to have a go?