The Dreaming Tree Dave Matthews Band

[Verse 1]
Standing here the old man said to me
"Long before these crowded streets
Here stood my dreaming tree"
Below it he would sit for hours at a time
Now progress takes away what forever took to find
And now he's falling hard, he feels the falling dark--
How he longs to be beneath his dreaming tree
Conquered fear to climb, a moment froze in time
When the girl who first he kissed promised him she'd be his
Remembered mother's words there beneath the tree
"No matter what the world, you'll always be my baby"
Mommy come quick! The dreaming tree has died
The air is growing thick; a fear, he cannot hide;
The dreaming tree has died...

Oh have you no pity?
This thing I do, I do not deny it
All through this smile, as crooked as danger
I do not deny I know in my mind
I would leave you now if I had the strength to
I would leave you up to your own devices
Will you not talk? Can you take pity?
I don't ask much, but won't you speak
Please?