From the recording Songs For Trees
Norine Braun Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Adam Popowitz Bass, Lead Guitar
Elliot Polsky Drums and Percussion
Alice Fraser Keys (Organ, Synth, Piano)
Produced by Adam Popowitz at Rear Window Song and Sound
Words and Music by Norine Braun
Mixed and Mastered at Rear Window Song and Sound
Lyrics
THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES
Desolation on a walking tour
A young man set out
Abandoned old dusty ruins
No water and no hope
Far away on the smoky land
A shepherd digging holes
Sheep lay on baking ground
The old man waves him close
The shepherd he barely spoke a word
Shared his grief and planting ten thousand oaks
Young man leaves to fight a war
In 5 years he returns
Yearning to breathe again
He thinks the old man long gone
Mountains now a carpet green
With oak, beech and streams
Finds old shepherd tending bees
Rebirth from his scattered seeds
The shepherd no longer speaks a word
A life lived in solitude unheard
Land thought devoid of hope has returned
With his unselfish hands an unselfish soul he has earned
A place among the gods
He’s the man who planted trees …