The Giving Tree

Song The Giving Tree
Artist Plain White T's
Album Should've Gone to Bed

Lyrics

[00:18.35] All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
[00:23.07] No shade to crawl in underneath
[00:30.77] I got scars from a pocket knife
[00:33.50] Where you carved your heart into me
[00:42.43] If all you wanted was love
[00:45.65] Why would you use me up
[00:48.76] Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
[00:55.09] When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
[01:01.54] Settle down, build a home, and make you happy
[01:09.31] I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
[01:14.64] Whose covers you're between
[01:21.69] And it's sad laying in his bed
[01:24.13] You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
[01:33.10] If all you wanted was love
[01:36.42] Why would you use me up
[01:39.39] Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
[01:45.82] When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
[01:52.26] Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
[01:59.75] Well, I see a trail that starts
[02:02.69] A line of broken hearts behind you
[02:08.11] That lead you back to me
[02:12.16] The once sad and lonely fool
[02:15.49] With nothing left but roots to show, oh
[02:23.81] If all you wanted was love
[02:27.15] Why would you use me up
[02:30.37] Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
[02:36.52] When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
[02:42.84] Settle down, build a home, and make you happy
[02:49.15] Settle down, build a home, and make you happy