I am a tree - I show my age when I don't cry 

I have the leaves that will fall off when wind blows by 

Don't strip off my bark - I have been stripped of it before 

Yesterday's gone and tomorrow has so much more in store 



You are a bird - you're taking off in every way 

Say the last word until there is nothing more to say 



Don't interrupt - you know the squirrels are my friends 

Get off my limb - for I will break before I bend 



I'm planning to see 

I'm planning to feel you all over me 

So climb up my trunk and build on your nest 

Come and get the sap out if me 

I am a tree! 

Fruitless and free! 

No symmetry! 

Touch me and see! 



I am a tree - counting my rings will do no good 

I won't live long but I would be with you if I could 

When you take flight, remember me to one who lives there 

Since you have flown, there's something special in the air 

                                (Re-zoom/Busy signals from the home front)