More Than a Tree

from No Dial Tone by Ben Hughes

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I breathe out so you can breathe in
but then you took out your axe,
and I fell on to your land
why did you do that to me?
I was much more than a tree.

I was home to a family of five bluebirds just a learnin' to fly
I gave your friends shade when they all went outside,
but most importantly, I was alive.

you put out seeds, and I'd sing you songs,
but now, I'm sad and lonely all day long
cause one day when I came home
you started cutting down my tree

so I flew and flew as the tree fell down
cried as my wife and children hit the ground
why would you do that to me?
you killed my whole family,
so now it's just me.

so, now it's just me.

life may go on,
but I can not.

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from No Dial Tone, released February 10, 2015

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"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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