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Procol Harum - The Worm The Tree Lyrics

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  • Into a great tree a small worm did go
  • It wormed its way inwards and soon it did grow
  • The tree was unhappy but what could it do?
  • It stood there in silence: the worm grew and grew
  • The tree was unhappy but what could it say
  • The worm kept on growing the tree sank away
  • The worm was so greedy it ate more each day
  • And each day it ate more the tree shrank away
  • The worm was so loathsome it felt no disgrace
  • The birds had been silenced the sun shunned that place
  • And all of the forest grew fearful to see
  • What terrible fate lay in store for the tree
  • The worm grew so monstrous its greed knew no bounds
  • The smell was so awful if poisoned the ground
  • And all of the creatures that lived in the wood
  • Were sickened and starving the worm spoiled their food
  • The birds would not sing and the sun could not shine
  • The forest lay dirty and blackened with grime
  • Now down in the forest a young man went riding
  • He passed by the great tree and saw it was dying
  • The leaves and the bark were all rotten and rife
  • The tree had been poisoned and drained for its life
  • He stripped of a piece of the bark of the tree
  • And straightway he know what the right cure should be
  • The man built a fire and chopped down the tree
  • The worm started screaming it could not break free
  • It trashed and it lashed but it could net break loose
  • Trapped in that tree like a thief in a noose
  • The worm burst asunder a vile smelling crust
  • He hacked it to pieces and burnt it to dust
  • The forest seemed clearer and peacful at last
  • Like after a storm when the rainclouds have passed
  • And although the great tree was fallen and dead
  • They knew from the ashes a new life would spread
  • Yes although the great tree had fallen and died
  • They knew from the ashes a new one would thrive
  • Now years may have passed since the tale I have told
  • Yet the truth of this story does still seem to hold
  • Although from a great tree a small worm may grow
  • That eats it with poison and tortures its soul
  • The worm can be killed yet the tree be not dead
  • For from the roots of the elder a new life will spread

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