Procol Harum

Procol Harum - The Worm & The Tree lyrics

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2a

Into a great tree a small worm did go

33

It wormed its way inwards and soon it did grow

2f

The tree was unhappy but what could it do?

36

It stood there in silence: the worm grew and grew

2f

The tree was unhappy but what could it say

30

The worm kept on growing the tree sank away

5

30

The worm was so greedy it ate more each day

32

And each day it ate more the tree shrank away

32

The worm was so loathsome it felt no disgrace

3b

The birds had been silenced the sun shunned that place

2e

And all of the forest grew fearful to see

31

What terrible fate lay in store for the tree

5

38

The worm grew so monstrous its greed knew no bounds

32

The smell was so awful if poisoned the ground

34

And all of the creatures that lived in the wood

3b

Were sickened and starving the worm spoiled their food

39

The birds would not sing and the sun could not shine

32

The forest lay dirty and blackened with grime

5

33

Now down in the forest a young man went riding

35

He passed by the great tree and saw it was dying

35

The leaves and the bark were all rotten and rife

38

The tree had been poisoned and drained for its life

33

He stripped of a piece of the bark of the tree

3b

And straight'way he know what the right cure should be

5

33

The man built a fire and chopped down the tree

37

The worm started screaming it could not break free

3a

It trashed and it lashed but it could net break loose

31

Trapped in that tree like a thief in a noose

31

The worm burst asunder a vile smelling crust

30

He hacked it to pieces and burnt it to dust

5

32

The forest seemed clearer and peacful at last

37

Like after a storm when the rainclouds have passed

34

And although the great tree was fallen and dead

35

They knew from the ashes a new life would spread

34

Yes although the great tree had fallen and died

34

They knew from the ashes a new one would thrive

5

39

Now years may have passed since the tale i have told

38

Yet the truth of this story does still seem to hold

35

Although from a great tree a small worm may grow

33

That eats it with poison and tortures its soul

34

The worm can be killed yet the tree be not dead

3b

For from the roots of the elder a new life will spread

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