Wonder of It All

How we grow! Not a one of us knows why

There we go! Yet we never reach the sky

Limbs extend and our bodies stretch beneath

Reaching up for a thing we cannot see

Arms and legs they will tangle if too close

Roots connect underneath whatever shows

Let me see

The wonder of it all

Let me feel

My heartwood burst and call

Let me breathe

Till the air is all but gone

Let me see

The wonder of it all

The wonder of it all

Men will come just to cut down what we have

Break our trunks and they'll take what they can grab

Then we'll fall with a loud resounding crash

Soon become all the dirt that gave us back

Now we give to the ones grown after us

So we live in a wondrous sort of way

Let me see

The wonder of it all

Let me feel

My heartwood burst and call

Let me breathe

Till the air is all but gone

Let me see

The wonder of it all

The wonder of it all

The wonder of it all

The wonder of it all

The wonder of it all