Buddy Comfort

Lyrics

ANY TREE WITH A BIRD IN IT
words and music by Buddy Comfort © 1975 / 2023 Laughing Tree Music (ASCAP)

I wandered into town one day
Gazing in windows on my way
Then I heard a melody.
Turned my head that I might see
An old man and his monkey.

The people gathered round entranced
The old man sang (fa la la) and then he danced.
The monkey pirouetted ‘round
Scattered pennies on the ground
As to his cup he picked them up.

They were singin’
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la
Singin’ songs.
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la
Singin’ songs.

I stopped awhile within the dance
Reflecting on my circumstance.
And from my frozen heart there came
A slowly drifting forming name
And to my lips these words they came.

I was singin’
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la
Singin’ songs….

The words took flight within the stars
They drifted out beyond the cars
Of side rail stops and old freight trains
Winding sadly through the pain
To well within where hearts can feel the rain.

They echoed from the galaxy
Windmill whirlwind fantasy
They crept along the backdoor stair
That brought the caboose light to glare
Through eyelid shutters he could see me there.

And we were singin’
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la
Singin’ songs…

The old man looked inside himself
Saw an old clock on the shelf
Ticking rhyme and harmony
In time’s embracing rhapsody
That all old souls would be free.

The monkey laughed outside his eyes
The old man’s tears inside to hide.
For he had shed his best friend’s tears
Throughout the dancing spinning years
Of in and out lone rail conductor days.

And all the while they were singin’ and dancin’
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la la
Any tree with a bird in it fa la la
Singin’ songs….
Singin’ Om.

La la la la la la
La la la lal la la la la
La la la la
La la la la la la la.