The Trees

Track #4

from the album Sunrise

4:24

A ballad featuring accordion played by Lenore Cooley about experiencing loss, grief, and the subsequent receipt of reassuring signs from the spirit of a deceased loved one via nature as guidance and an answer to prayers.

"The Trees"

Written by Scott Cooley

I’ve been all by myself now for too long

I do everything alone since you’ve been gone

After you left this world, I lost my way

But a voice in my head says don’t lose faith

I fall to my knees

Praying help me please

All I need is some kind of sign

Then the trees

Start swaying in the breeze

Showing me it's gonna be alright

I need to know you’re in a better place

With your spirit still around I know I’ll be safe

I wish I had a way to feel more alive

A voice in my head says get outside

I fall to my knees

Praying help me please

All I need is some kind of sign

Then the trees

Start swaying in the breeze

Showing me it's gonna be alright

I’ll think of you every day, look and listen for the ways

You’ll find to let me know everything’s okay

I’ll need your advice, when you’re in my dreams at night

To guide me through these dark days to the light

I fall to my knees

Praying help me please

All I need is some kind of sign

Then the trees

Start swaying in the breeze

Showing me it's gonna be alright

With a reprise

Songbirds sing to me

They ease the pain 'till I feel fine

And the leaves

Start floating to my feet

Reminding me it’s a part of life