The Giving Tree Lyrics - Hell In A Handbasket - Meat Loaf

I was temporarily blind by a neon dollar sign 

It pacified my mind and whispered things are fine 

Said, "Boy, if you wanna heal just sign this paper deal 

You'll never have to beg, no, you'll never have to steal" 

But when that giving tree stops giving 

I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before 

With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen 

I gotta get back to living like I did before 

Living like I did before 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

(whatever you can get) 

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Down in the city streets grows a giving tree 

Out of solid stone, mortared by my bone 

And watered by my tears, strengthened by my fears 

It's gonna grow strong, it's gonna live long—gonna haunt me for years 

But when that giving tree stops giving 

I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before 

With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen 

I gotta get back to living like I did before 

Living like I did before 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

(whatever you can get) 

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It's beautiful fruit seems ripe at ground level 

It's dangerous roots lead straight down to the devil 

Lead straight down to the devil 

Lead straight down to the devil 

Lead straight down to the devil 

When that giving tree stops giving 

I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before 

With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen 

I gotta get back to living like I did before 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh 

You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get 

(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh) 

(sell this old soul, 'ever you can get) 

Like I did before 

(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh) 

(sell this old soul, 'ever you can get) 

Like I did before 

(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh) 

(gonna sell this old soul for whatever you can get) 

(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh) 

(gonna sell this old soul for whatever you can get) 

Like I did before...