Lyrics A Tree And Me - Karrin Allyson

A Tree And Me

PLEASE CARVE
NO COLD HEADSTONE
FOR ME,
BUT RATHER PLANT
A SAPLING TREE;
AND LAY MY ASHES
`NEATH ITS FOOT,
SO THROUGH MY BODY
IT TAKES ROOT.
THEN AS THE SEASONS
COME AND GO,
MY MONUMENT
AND I WILL GROW;
WAVE BRIGHT GREEN FLAGS
AT SUMMER`S SKY,
AND HARBOR BIRDS
WHO HAPPEN BY.
WE`LL BRONZE
EACH AUTUMN BLOOM
WITH SPRING,
AND WEAR
THE WHITE COATS
WINTERS BRING.
THE TREE I MARRY
WITH MY DUST,
WILL HUSBAND ME
WITH ROOTED THRUSTS.
OUR SEED WILL SCATTER
FAR AND WIDE,
ACROSS
GOD`S FERTILE COUNTRYSIDE;
AND SOON
AN ARBOR FAMILY
WILL SHARE
OUR IMMORTALITY,
A TREE AND ME,
A TREE AND ME.