All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen

No shade to crawl in underneath

I got scars from a pocket knife

Where you carved your heart into me



If all you wanted was love

Why would you use me up

Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

When all I wanted to be was your giving tree

Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?



I lie in the dead of night and I wonder

Whose covers you're between

And it's sad laying in his bed

You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me



If all you wanted was love

Why would you use me up

Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

When all I wanted to be was your giving tree

Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?



Well, I see a trail that starts

A line of broken hearts behind you

That lead you back to me

The once sad and lonely fool

With nothing left but roots to show, oh



If all you wanted was love

Why would you use me up

Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

When all I wanted to be was your giving tree

Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?

Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?