Prompt / Lyrics
Mom says, “go outside, go play a while” The sun’s too strong to run I wander till the light thins out And the heat starts letting up The yard gets quiet where I stop The grass cools at my knees So I sit down without thinking Underneath the tree Chorus It’s more than just a tree in the yard Standing through the years A family tree with open arms Long before I was here ⸻ I sit out there most afternoons With a book against my knee I read about a kind of love That feels far from me The leaves move slow above my head The yard feels small and still I dream about a life somewhere Beyond this quiet hill Chorus It’s more than just a tree in the yard Standing through the years A family tree with open arms Long before I was here ⸻ I’ve been gone a while, I take the turn Up over that low hill The sun breaks wide behind the tree Like it always will I see where limbs were torn away The shape time left behind But it’s reaching higher than it was Still holding to the sky The light pours through what weather bent But couldn’t take it down I see it standing as it is Just strong, just standing now Chorus It’s more than just a tree in the yard Standing through the years A family tree that never moved While I disappeared ⸻ I come back now with the one I loved Back when I was young We spread a blanket in the grass Let our little one run They laugh beneath the open limbs Just like I used to do I watch them find that same old shade Like it always knew Chorus It’s more than just a tree in the yard Standing through the years A family tree that carried us Through laughter, love, and tears ⸻ Bridge Generation after generation Has come to sit right here Names we know and names forgotten Every laugh, every tear All those years carved into the grain You can’t see them, but they’re there Every memory held together In the rings of that old oak tree ⸻ Final Chorus It was more than just a tree in the yard Standing through the years A family tree that held my life From first breath to last tear I lived my days beneath its shade I know where I belong Lay me down under that old oak tree Still standing just as strong
Tags
Cinematic country blues soul sing with emotion femalevoice with variance
Duration
4:26
Instrumental
No
Created
12/31/2025