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Withering Tree by Traffic

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Traffic

Withering Tree

Release date: 1st September 1968

From The Finer Things
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"Withering Tree" is a track by Traffic, from the album The Finer Things, released 1st September 1968. Full lyrics are available below.

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Traffic

Traffic

Lyrics

Withering Tree

Withering tree, bearing no fruit

Never will see an evergreen suit

Reaching right out, out for the sun

Broken old branches, fall one by one

Into the arms of eternity

Into the arms of eternity

You're too young to live

In a world full of lies, oh

So you take to the touchables

Who touch the good sky, oh

And cry through the eye of a needle

Fighting the fish up from the deep

Oh, how I wish the lake would not sleep

Following dreams into the blue

There you will see, hidden from view

Trees in the arms of eternity

Into the arms of eternity

Into the arms of eternity

Into the arms of eternity

Into the arms of, of eternity

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Track details

From The Finer Things

1968
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Album
The Finer Things
The Finer Things
Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse
Release year
1968
  1. —Crossroads
  2. —Medicated Goo
  3. —Paper Sun
  4. —Dear Mr. Fantasy
  5. —Heaven Is in Your Mind
  6. —Dealer
  7. —No Face, No Name, No Number
  8. —Smiling Phases
  9. —Coloured Rain
  10. —Rainmaker
  11. —Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
  12. —Withering Tree
  13. —Shanghai Noodle Factory
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