Leave the Tree Alone

from Eight Songs by Andrew Dutney

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Words and music by Andrew Dutney.
Written in Brisbane, 1980

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As long as people have been
Living on this piece of dirt
There've been a few things we should leave alone
Unless we get hurt
Remember Adam and Eve
Living in the garden at peace
The tree looked so nice and sweet
They said "let's have a little piece to eat"

Nobody saying: Leave it
Won't you leave the tree alone
Won't you leave the tree alone
Just leave the tree alone

Remember Babel?
They said,
"Let's build a tower up in the sky
Let us make it tall and let us make it high
We can be like gods you and I"
And so they built it
They built it out of mud and bricks and sticks and stuff
And in the end they found they just didn't have enough
Of what it takes to keep together through the rough stuff

And what about us?
We've got bombs you couldn't fit on a city bus
And the politicians say "Don't worry about it
You can trust us
I don't know why you kids make such a fuss"
But it can burn you
It can take away all your skin
It can rot your body from within
There's just no way you can win with this thing

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from Eight Songs, released June 1, 1987
Andrew Dutney: Vocal and guitar
Peter Stewart: Piano
Sean Kennedy: Bass
Robin Hayes: Drum programming

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