This is a re-entry. I have made some vocals but I would really like someone, who actually can sing, to do the vocals for this one :-)
The willow tree
It was back in the day around ‘49
Down in good old Tennessee
By the creek, under the willow tree
Where his first met his dream
Never telling her the reason why
I guess she always knew
That that little boy was hiding there
Watching her as they grew
Chorus:
Now for 60 years and a little more
They been walking hand in hand
His been loving every step they take
Every footprint in the sand
And when time it comes to take his breath
For that very final time
He’ll be thinking ‘bout that willow tree
With no regrets on his mind
To the willow tree where he proposed
Every wedding day they go
Laying arm in arm in silence
As they listen to it grow
And in their willow tree as they’re laying there
He is carving on more mark
Just a little cut for every year
Everlastings in the bark
He’ll be thinking of that willow tree
As the time has passed and they’re getting old
Their love it still stands tall
As their willow tree down in Tennessee
It is treasured above all
© Nicolej Brink