Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Fruit Tree , by - Nick Drake. Song from the album Five Leaves Left, in the genre Release date: 31.12.1969
Record label: Island, Universal Music Operations
Song language: English
Fruit Tree |
| Fame is but a fruit tree |
| So very unsound |
| It can never flourish |
| ‘til its stock is in the ground |
| So men of fame |
| Can never find a way |
| ‘til time has flown |
| Far from their dying day |
| Forgotten while you’re here |
| Remembered for a while |
| A much updated ruin |
| From a much outdated style |
| Life is but a memory |
| Happened long ago |
| Theatre full of sadness |
| For a long forgotten show |
| Seems so easy |
| Just to let it go on by |
| ‘til you stop and wonder |
| Why you never wondered why |
| Safe in the womb |
| Of an everlasting night |
| You’ll find the darkness can |
| Give the brightest light |
| Safe in your place deep in the earth |
| That’s when they’ll know what you were really worth |
| Forgotten while you’re here |
| Remembered for a while |
| A much updated ruin |
| From a much outdated style |
| Fame is but a fruit tree |
| So very unsound |
| It can never flourish |
| ‘til its stock is in the ground |
| So men of fame |
| Can never find a way |
| ‘til time has flown |
| Far from their dying day |
| Fruit tree, fruit tree |
| No-one knows you but the rain and the air |
| Don’t you worry |
| They’ll stand and stare when you’re gone |
| Fruit tree, fruit tree |
| Open your eyes to another year |
| They’ll all know |
| That you were here when you’re gone |