SYCAMORE TREE

Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers (Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Music/ASCAP)

sycamore sycamore sycamore tree,

sprouted from a tiny seed

did someone plant you there for me

sycamore sycamore tree?

on a soft and sunny afternoon

my parents bring me home and soon

they tie a bunch of blue balloons

right around the sycamore tree

the grass tickles on my feet

when i’m rocking in my bouncy seat

the summer breezes smell so sweet

blowing by the sycamore tree

i stand right up and fall back down

and search for treasures on the ground

like the fuzzy seeds lying all around

underneath the sycamore tree

we roll a snowman up so big

and on his head we make a wig

with a pile of knobby little twigs

fallen from the sycamore tree

sycamore sycamore sycamore tree

sheltering a family

did someone plant you there for me

sycamore sycamore tree?

i can see the tree right from my bed

all bony smooth where the bark has shed

the leaves are as big as a daddy’s head

wise old sycamore tree

in our front yard i kick the ball

but now that space is getting small

some weeks i don’t go out at all

to run by the sycamore tree

i’m off to high school and one day

to a leafy college far away

but in my dreams i still play

in the shade of the sycamore tree

i move to the city, and then in time

my parents long for more sunshine

i hate to see that “for sale” sign

on the corner by the sycamore tree

sycamore sycamore sycamore tree,

forever in my memory

did someone plant you there for me

sycamore sycamore tree?

i’m a husband now and a father too

we drive for miles to catch a view

of the shady place where i grew

loving that sycamore tree

there’s a red-haired girl with a

  lemonade stand

i put three quarters in her hand

so many footprints are on this land

remembered by the sycamore tree

i sip the juice and the memories

my little boy is on his knees

stuffing pockets full of fuzzy seeds

children of the sycamore tree

each seed is a promise that if you try

if your roots dig deep

and your trunk stands high

your leaves will stretch and taste the sky

growing like a sycamore tree

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