Song Description

REMEMBERING THE WAY THINGS WERE AND DREAMS THAT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT.

Lyrics

WHO CUT THAT COTTONWOOD DOWN?
Words and music by Stephen Amos

DADDY FOUND THAT COTTONWOOD TREE,
ON OUR BACK FORTY DOWN BY THE CREEK,
THAT'S WHERE HE HUNG THAT OLD SACK SWING,
AND WHERE I LEARNED TO FLY,
ME AND THAT TREE WE BOTH GREW UP,
AND AT 16 I FELL IN LOVE,
CARVED A HEART ON THAT TREE TRUNK,
AND SWORE IT WOULD SURVIVE,
IT WAS RED ROVER AND KICK THE CAN,
HIDE AND SEEK AND MARYANNE,
I LEFT HOME TO RETURN AGAIN,
SEARCHIN' FOR MY YOUTH,
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WHO CUT THAT COTTONWOOD DOWN?
WHO BROKE THAT SACRED VOW,
AND TORE THE ROOTS OF WHO I WAS RIGHT FROM THE GROUND,
I SWORE I'D BE FOREVER YOUNG,
ALWAYS TRY HARD AND NEVER GIVE UP,
I WAS GONNA LAUGH WHEN HARD TIMES CAME AROUND,
WHO CUT THAT COTTONWOOD DOWN?

WHEN I GRADUATED I MOVED AWAY,
LOST MY BEARINGS ON THE PLANS I MADE,
I CAME HOME 'CAUSE DAD PASSED AWAY,
AND NOW THAT'S WHERE I STAND,
THE OLD HOMESTEAD HAS BEEN TORN DOWN,
THEM SUB-DIVISIONS BRANCHING OUT,
THAT COTTONWOOD IS LONG GONE NOW,
IT DON'T EVEN SEEM THE SAME LAND,
BUT I REMEMBER ALL THE GAMES WE'D PLAY,
THAT COTTONWOOD TOOK CENTER STAGE,
I CAN'T BELIEVE I STAND HERE TODAY,
TRYIN' TO FIND THE TRUTH,
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WELL I CAN STILL SEE ALL THE SEEDS I'VE SOWN,
NOW LOOKIN' BACK IT AINT THAT HARD TO KNOW,
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Copyright Stephen Amos 2008

Stephen Amos
PO Box 843Andover, Ks 67002 (316)733-1980 email: stephenamosmusic@cox.net