WE WANT A TREE
SO WE CAN SIT IN ITS SHADE.
A TALL TREE WE MUST HAVE...
BEFORE MORE YEARS FADE.

WE CAN'T PLANT AN ACORN...
TOO MANY YEARS HAVE GONE BY.
WE MUST PLANT A TALL TREE
THAT REACHES TO THE SKY.

THE TALL TREE WILL REMIND US
OF STRENGTH GAINED THROUGH THE YEARS.
THE TALL TREE WILL REMIND US
THAT IT HAS BEEN WORTH ALL THE TEARS.

THE TALL TREE WILL SHOW US
HOW TO STAND STRAIGHT AND TALL.
THE TALL TREE WILL TELL US
TO GIVE EACH OTHER OUR ALL.

THE TALL TREE WILL BE A BEACON
DURING THE GOOD TIMES AND BAD...
LEADING US ON TO THE NEXT DAY...
REMINDING US OF WHAT WE'VE HAD.

WE WILL KEEP OUR EYES ON THE TREE
DURING ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
WE'LL LOVE OUR TALL TREE...
OUR TALL TREE, SO DEAR.

OUR TALL TREE WILL KNOW OUR LOVE
AND IT WILL FEEL OUR TOUCH.
THE TALL TREE WILL BE HAPPY...
THAT WE WANTED IT SO MUCH.

TOGETHER WE WILL SPEND THE YEARS
COUNTING THE BLESSINGS YOU GIVE.
THE TALL TREE, YOU AND WE TWO...
TOGETHER...WE WILL LIVE.

Inez Robbins 2000