"Come boy, come" Said the Giving Tree
Freely taking what pleased me
I ate it up and threw it away
How she asked, how I never would stay
Never crying, unless I was gone
Breaking down when she was alone
I never saw her bleed for me
So I assumed she wasn't quite the Giving Tree
She was mine, and I thought forever more
It would be my name that she wore
How could she leave me for something else?
No one would take her, excepting myself
Such a beaten, broken, different little girl,
Dancing down the sidewalk, living in her world
She was kind enough for me to love
Whenever I was lost, she gave me a shove
She kept me on track, and I never knew
All along, my darling, it was you
Who kept me smiling and kept me alive
Anytime I needed it, she took a dive
Never did I see how beautiful she is
And I've ended up as the boy who wasted his
chance to love a girl like the Tree
Now I know she doesn't need me
Because of my mistakes, what I've done
Gone and left her bleeding alone
By and by, I pushed her too far
She never angered, just let me go far
away from her, and told me she was fine
Didn't want to hurt me, she wasted her time
With such a boy as me
Down she fell, my Giving Tree
Then she cried more, it was then I could see
The poison that killed her, the poison was me
Broken again, breaking still,
Darling's lost her only will
Because I've crushed her heart, killed all her joy
And I am ashamed, because I was the boy
who let go of who I now want to be
Now she's dead, my love,
My Giving Tree