For a thousand years they were standing here
 Every kind was here, life was everywhere
 Within their arms they held many things
 Mended broken wings, sang like violins
 As time went on they grew tall and strong
 There for everyone to depend upon
 Then the jewellers came to steal their rings
 To make splendid things for queens and kings

CHORUS
 How many broken hearts sleep through the night
 That the eyes of the breaker don't see
 And how many children will be lost in the fight
 For the life of the last livin' tree

 Someone said that life is short
 But does that matter to anyone