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THE TREE


A little girl with a pretty smile ran across the field

To a barn where her grandpa worked makin' horseshoes out of steel

He stood tall in her eyes, the heart of her world

From this gentle man a family branched down to this little girl


And the tree grew stonger every day
Through the sons and daughters that he raised
From the love and care that he gave
The tree grew stronger everyday


Her mama wiped the teardrops from her little girl's eyes

On the day the heart of the world had died

But Papa said little lady just look what he's left behind

A tree of life with roots so deep it'll stand the sands of time

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)

As a woman she'd vist the house where she played as a child

It was falling down weathered with time

But through the cracks in the windows precious memories

Of the old man buried beneath the tree

(Repeat Chorus)

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