Redwood Tree

Oh, redwood tree

Don't you recognize me?

Know it's not much time for you

But it's been decades for me

Oh, redwood tree

Sorry I had to leave

An eager mind and a teenage heart

Can get hooked on a dream

I saw the world

You saw my parents grow old

You've got your roots

And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Don't know what you have when you're young

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

But you'll know what you had when it's gone

You'll know what you had

Oh, redwood tree

Now it's just you and me

Back then it was hard to stay and easy to leave

In the soft summer breeze

It's so simple to see

Time kept ticking back home

While I was living for me

I saw the world

You saw my parents grow old

You've got your roots

And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Don't know what you have when you're young

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

But you'll know what you had when it's gone

The only thing left of what used to be is you

The only thing left of what used to be is you

Oh, redwood tree

Don't you recognize me?

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Don't know what you have when you're young

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

But you'll know what you had when it's gone

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Don't know what you have when you're young

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

But you'll know what you had when it's gone

You'll know what you had

Oh, redwood tree