Small Trees | Pat Byrne

🎵 Small Trees | Pat Byrne 🎵 - Length: 0:3:54

Small Trees - Written by Pat Byrne Recorded Live October 25, 2024 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: Do you remember those small trees they gave us At the Japanese gardens 2001 And like beacons they stand now in our gardens at home As we venture out into the storm Our canvases blank Our odometers low Our acquaintances yet to be found And with every mistake, success and heartbreak Those roots find their way through the ground To the trees were eternally bound Don’t dwell on the losses Dont count the days You’ll never get bigger hiding out in the shade So lean towards the brightness Keep the darkness at bay And if the light gets obstructed we’ll find another way He handed me harvest and jumped on the train I got back in the back seat alone Staring out at the clouds distant mountains move slow Whizzing past telephone poles A man needs a maid, heart of gold and old man But the disc started skippping before, I git to Alabama but the damage was done So I started the record once more And I rested my head to the door Don’t dwell on the losses Dont count the days You’ll never get bigger hiding out in the shade So lean towards the brightness Keep the darkness at bay And if the light gets obstructed we’ll find another way