Lyr Add: Oak Tree (Paul Kamm)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Oak Tree (Paul Kamm)
From: Mrrzy
Date: 11 Sep 20 - 09:27 AM

If I were a squirrel and I lived in an oak tree
I'd eat lots of nuts and grow fat
Then lie on the limb of a tree in the sun
O, what could be nicer than that?

Subject: Lyr Add: Oak Tree (Paul Kamm)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 10 Sep 20 - 01:25 AM

Somebody sang this song this evening, and I loved it.

OAK TREE
(Paul Kamm)

If I was an old oak tree
I’d stand beside the deep blue sea
Children would come and climb on me
If I was an old oak tree
If I was a scraggly vine
I’d be happy all the time
Turning water into wine
If I was a scraggly vine

CHORUS:
If I was a tree
I’d stand beside the deep blue sea
If I was a tree
If I was an old oak tree

If I was the howling wind
I’d bang upon your roofs of tin
But the miller’s wheel would be my friend
If I was the howling wind

If I was the blinding snow
I’d bury everyone I know
But angels in me soon would grow
If I was the blinding snow
CHORUS:
If I was the wind
The miller’s wheel would be my friend
If I was the wind
If I was the howling wind

If I was a gambling man
I’d hide the aces in my hand
Many things I’d understand
If I was a gambling man

If I was the highest hill
Way up there you’d feel a chill
But when you’re gone I’ll be here still
If I was the highest hill

CHORUS:
If I was a man
Many things I’d understand
If I was a man
If I was a gambling man
If I was a tree
I’d stand beside the deep blue sea
If I was a tree
If I was an old oak tree
If I was an old oak tree

http://www.singout.org/downloads/oaktree-fixed.pdf

Performance by Paul Kamm and the Achilles Wheel Trio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYSV4VQuTSQ