D F#m/D Em7/D D7 Feel the wind burn through my skin Em7/D A7/D D The pain, the air is killing me D F#m/D Em7/D D7 For years my limbs stretched to the sky Em7/D A7/D D A nest for birds to sit and sing G A7 A#dim Bm D7 Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't bear the glow F#m Em7/G A7 D They did so long ago D F#m/D Em7/D D7 One day I was full of life Em7/D A7/D D My sap was rich and I was strong D F#m/D Em7/D D7 From seed to tree I grew so tall Em7/D A7/D D Through wind and rain I could not fall G A7 A#dim Bm D7 Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer F#m Em7/G A7 D Poetry to men of song D F#m/D Em7/D D7 Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this world can give A7/D D Is pollution and slow death F#m/D F Em7/D D7 Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down no life's left to be found A7/D D There's nothing left for me (D) F#m/D Em7/D D7 Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this earth can give A7/D D Is pollution F#m/D Em7/D D7 Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground A7/D D There's nothing left for me