[Verse 1]
Feel the wind burn through my skin
The pain, the air is killing me
For years my limbs stretched to the sky
A nest for birds to sit and sing

[Verse 2]
But now my branches suffer
And my leaves don't bear the glow
They did so long ago

[Verse 3]
One day I was full of life
My sap was rich and I was strong
From seed to tree I grew so tall
Through wind and rain I could not fall

[Verse 4]
But now my branches suffer
And my leaves don't offer
Poetry to men of song

[Refrain]
Trees like me weren't meant to live
If all this world can give
Is pollution and slow death
Oh lord I lay me down
No life's left to be found
There's nothing left for me
[Refrain]
Trees likе me weren't mеant to live
If all this earth can give
Is pollution and slow death

[Refrain]
Trees like me weren't meant to live
(Oh Lord I lay me down)
If all this earth can give
(My branches to the ground)
Is pollution and slow death
(There's nothing left for me)

[Refrain]
Trees like me weren't meant to live
(Oh Lord I lay me down)
If all this earth can give
(My branches to the ground)
Is pollution and slow death
(There's nothing left for me)

[Refrain]
Trees like me weren't meant to live
If all this earth can give
Is pollution and slow death