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Someone in a Tree
Alan Woodrow, Eric Roberts, Harry Nicoll, Richard Angas
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Pardon me, I was there
You were where?
At the treaty house
At the treaty house
There was a tree
Which was where?
Very near
Over here?
Maybe over there
But there were trees then everywhere
May I show you?
If you please
There were trees then everywhere
But you were there
And I was there
Let me show you
If you please
I was younger then
I was good at climbing trees
I was younger then
I saw everything
I was hidden all the time
It was easier to climb
I was younger then
I saw everything
Where they came and where they went
I was part of the event
I was someone in a tree
I was younger then
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Tell him what I see!
I am in a tree
I am ten
I am in a tree
I was younger then
In between the eaves I can see
Tell me what I see!
I was only ten
I see men and matting
Some are old, some chatting
If it happened, I was there
I saw everything
I was someone in a tree
Tell him what I see!
Some of them have gold on their coats
One of them has gold
He was younger then
Someone crawls around, passing notes
Someone very old
He was only ten
And there's someone in a tree
Oh, the day is incomplete
Without someone in a tree
Nothing happened here
I am hiding in a tree
I'm a fragment of the day
If I weren't who's to say
Things would happen here the way
That they happened here
I was there
It's the fragment of the day
It's the pebble of the stream
It's the ripple of the sea
Not the building but the beam
Not the garden but the stone
Not the treaty house
Someone in a tree!
Pardon me, I am here
If you please, I am also there
They kept drinking cups of tea
They kept sitting on the floor
They drank many cups of tea
No, we told him that before
If you please, I am here
You were where?
In the treaty house
In the treaty house
Or very near
Can you hear?
I'm below
So I notice
Underneath the floor
And so I can't see anything
I can hear them but I can't see anything
But you can hear?
But I can hear
Shall I listen?
If you please
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I can hear them now
I shall try to shift my knees
I can hear them now
I hear everything
I'm the part that's underneath
With my sword inside my sheath
I can hear them now
One is over me
If they knock, then I appear
I'm a part of what I hear
I'm the fragment underneath
I can hear them now
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Tell us what you hear
First I hear a creak and a thump
And now I hear a clink
Then they talk a bit
Many times they shout when they speak
Other times they think
Or they argue it
I hear floorboards groaning
Angry growls, much groaning
Since I hear them they are there
As they argue it
I'm the part that's underneath
Someone reads a list from a box
Someone talks of laws
Then they fan a bit
Someone bangs a fist
Someone knocks
Now there was a pause
Then they argue it
But we want
No, you can't
Then we won't
But we need it
And we want
Will you grant?
If you don't
We concede it
And they sat through the night
And they ate some yellow cake
And they went to bed
I'm a fragment of the day
If I weren't who's to say
Things would happen here the way
That they're happening
It's the fragment of the day
It's the pebble of the stream
It's the ripple of the sea
That is happening
Not the building but the beam
Not the garden but the stone
Only cups of tea
And history
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And someone in a tree
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