The Trees

by Pulp

From the album: Hits

Track 13 of 16 on Hits (2002).

Duration: 4:48

Hits cover art

Lyrics for The Trees

I took an air rifle Shot a magpie to the ground And it died without a sound Your skin's so pale Against the fallen autumn leaves No-one saw us but the trees Yeah, the trees Those useless trees Produce the air That I am breathing Yeah, the trees Those useless trees They never said That you were leaving I carved your name With a heart just up above Now swollen, distorted Unrecognisable, like our love You smell of leaf mould And the sweetness of decay Or the incense at the funeral procession here today And the trees Those useless trees Produce the air That I am breathing Yeah, the trees Those useless trees They never said That you were leaving Ah Try to shape the world to what you want the world to be Carving your name a thousand times won't bring you back to me Oh, no, I might as well I might as well go tell it to the trees, yeah Oh yeah, the trees Those useless trees Produce the air That I am breathing Yeah, the trees Those useless trees They never said That you were leaving Go and tell it to the trees, yeah Go tell it to the trees, yeah Go tell it to the trees, yeah Go tell it to the trees, yeah Go tell it to the trees, yeah

Listen On

More from Hits

  1. Babies
  2. Razzamatazz
  3. Lipgloss
  4. Do You Remember The First Time?
  5. Common People - Full Length Version
  6. Sorted For E's & Wizz
  7. Disco 2000 - 7" Mix
  8. Something Changed
  9. Help The Aged
  10. This Is Hardcore
  11. A Little Soul
  12. Party Hard
  13. The Trees
  14. Bad Cover Version
  15. Sunrise - Original Mix
  16. Last Day Of The Miners Strike