That Old Oak Tree

It seems like so long ago

But I can still remember then, can’t you?

We thought we were so in love

Thought our love would always see us through the darkest storm

But we sat and wondered why

Happiness just passed us by

Oh what a shame; who was to blame?

 

(chorus)

It’s so nice to be back home again with you

I always knew our love could make it through

It keeps growing like that old oak tree

So straight and tall forever

It’s so nice to be back home again with you

 

We held on tight for many a year

We shared our dreams but we hid most of our fears

Times was tough though we got by

We worked too hard

Couldn’t find much time to grow

When we grew we grew apart or so it seemed

We lacked the honesty to tell for sure

 

When we met you were still a bud

Waiting for those warm spring rains

To burst the scales that held you in so tight

I played the leaf all dried and torn

Hanging on through winter storms

Until the end you were still my friend

Then spring came and that leaf fell

Revealed the bud that always was beneath

A new life sleeping

 

Now we’ll share that branch; we’ll share the tree

We’ll grow and grow toward eternity until we touch the sky

I could never admit that I needed you

Thought that I could grow without the tree that nurtured me

Now I know more; pain teaches well

We are separate buds but we need each other still

Is it His will?

 

Thomas Hubbard (1981)

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