Procol Harum - The Worm & The Tree - Текст песни

2a

Into a great tree a small worm did go
33

It wormed its way inwards and soon it did grow
2f

The tree was unhappy but what could it do?
36

It stood there in silence: the worm grew and grew
2f

The tree was unhappy but what could it say
30

The worm kept on growing the tree sank away
5
30

The worm was so greedy it ate more each day
32

And each day it ate more the tree shrank away
32

The worm was so loathsome it felt no disgrace
3b

The birds had been silenced the sun shunned that place
2e

And all of the forest grew fearful to see
31

What terrible fate lay in store for the tree
5
38

The worm grew so monstrous its greed knew no bounds
32

The smell was so awful if poisoned the ground
34

And all of the creatures that lived in the wood
3b

Were sickened and starving the worm spoiled their food
39

The birds would not sing and the sun could not shine
32

The forest lay dirty and blackened with grime
5
33

Now down in the forest a young man went riding
35

He passed by the great tree and saw it was dying
35

The leaves and the bark were all rotten and rife
38

The tree had been poisoned and drained for its life
33

He stripped of a piece of the bark of the tree
3b

And straight'way he know what the right cure should be
5
33

The man built a fire and chopped down the tree
37

The worm started screaming it could not break free
3a

It trashed and it lashed but it could net break loose
31

Trapped in that tree like a thief in a noose
31

The worm burst asunder a vile smelling crust
30

He hacked it to pieces and burnt it to dust
5
32

The forest seemed clearer and peacful at last
37

Like after a storm when the rainclouds have passed
34

And although the great tree was fallen and dead
35

They knew from the ashes a new life would spread
34

Yes although the great tree had fallen and died
34

They knew from the ashes a new one would thrive
5
39

Now years may have passed since the tale i have told
38

Yet the truth of this story does still seem to hold
35

Although from a great tree a small worm may grow
33

That eats it with poison and tortures its soul
34

The worm can be killed yet the tree be not dead
3b

For from the roots of the elder a new life will spread
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