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Prayer Song for a tree

from Woodstock Windmill by Paul McMahon

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PRAYER SONG TO A TREE

(verse)
CARRY THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE HIGH ABOVE
LET YOUR BRANCHES BE A STEEPLE FOR OUR LOVE
FOR THE CREATOR OF EACH AND EVERYTHING
AND MOTHER NATURE, IT IS OF THEE I SING
(verse)
YOUR LEAVES GIVE SHELTER FROM THE STORM
YOU GIVE OF YOUR WOOD TO KEEP US WARM
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, APPLES, CHERRIES, PEACHES
AND UNDER YOUR BOWERS THE CHILDREN PLAY FOR HOURS
(verse)
FIRMLY PLANTED IN THE GROUND SO DEEP THE ROOTS THAT YOU SEND DOWN
INTO THE MOTHER IN LOVING EMBRACE
SILENT BROTHER IN SACRED TIME AND SPACE
(bridge)
HIGH ABOVE US DO YOU LOVE US
DO YOU THINK OF US AT ALL?
(verse)
I HAVE SEEN A MYSTERY
JESUS DWELLS WITHIN THAT TREE
AND IN THE DANCES OF SUNSHINE AND RAIN
SEASONS TURNING YOUR LEAVES ARE NEW AGAIN
(brdge)
ALWAYS GREENING THE AIR YOUíRE CLEANING
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF A TREE?
HIGH ABOVE US DO YOU LOVE US
DO YOU THINK OF US AT ALL?

© paul mcmahon 1993

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from Woodstock Windmill, released August 8, 2001

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45
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