There Is A Tree Lyrics - The Geography Of Light - Carrie Newcomer

Last night I dreamed you very near 

Though the night was dark beyond the glass 

I knew you'd left before I woke 

But you'd fogged the window when you passed 

The air was still and smelled like rain, 

Though I'd never known so dry a spell 

And what I heard there in the dark, 

Are the secrets I will never tell? 

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There is a tree beyond the world 

In it's ancient roots a song is curled 

I'm the fool whose life's been spent 

Between what's said and what is meant 

I didn't mean what went so wrong 

Some things I wish I didn't know 

I've always lived inside my head 

And often utterly alone 

I will be a pillow for your head 

You can make me promises you can't keep 

And I'll believe each word you've said 

And hum to you while you sleep 

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You took me by my shaking hand, 

Laughed at me and closed the door, 

Put your hands to my waist, 

And waltzed rue round the kitchen floor 

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So I will wander without fail 

In circles that grow ever wide 

The sky expands and then exhales 

With an ache that never subsides 

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