The Oak Tree

When the last autumn leaves were falling You sent me words about the mess you can be How that messy part of you Finds shelter within me And you called what we have An old oak tree Baby, that's one of the answers we found That the shameful too is worth saving You know I hurt when you don't see When I'm fragile and in need Of you being still next to me But when you sit down with me Under the thousand years old oak tree There's no place I'd rather be So darling, sit down with me Under the thousand years old oak tree There's no place I'd rather be My gift is to see in the darkness Yours is to strive for the light But when dusk makes us blind I can still hear the sound When you lie next to me through the night Baby, that's one of the secrets we share How to hold on and endure the nightfalls I know you hurt when I don't see When you reach out to me When you don't know what will be But when you sit down with me Under the thousand years old oak tree There's no place I'd rather be So darling, sit down with me Under the thousand years old oak tree There's no place I'd rather be Giving those vowes for a lifetime Not knowing all faces of love And that all things change And we change with them And then choose us again and again Baby, that's one of the choices we made To be patient when love is in change I know we hurt when we lose sight of The good parts of life When days seem to pass just go by But when you sit down with me Under the thousand year old oak tree There's no place I'd rather be So darling, sit down with me Under the thousand years old oak tree There's no place I'd rather be There's no place I'd rather be 'Cause there's no place I'd rather be