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Boys In The Trees Tab

by Carly Simon


 
Boys In The Trees - From Boys In The Trees - 1978

                   
I'm home again in my old narrow bed
                        
Where I grew tall and my feet hung over the end
                                     
The low beam room with the window looking out
                     
On the soft summer garden
                         
Where the boys grew in the trees

             
Here I grew guilty
               
And no one was at fault
                  
Frightened by the power

In every innocent thought
                                 
And the silent understanding passing down
             
From daughter to daughter
              
Let the boys grow in the trees

            
Do you go to them
            
Or do you let them come to you
            
Do you stand in back

Afraid that you'll intrude
                               
Deny yourself and hope someone will see
              
And live like a flower
              
While the boys grow in the trees

                      
Last night I slept in sheets the color of fire
                    
Tonight I lie alone again
        
And I curse my own desires
                                 
Sentenced first to burn and then to freeze
             
And watch by the window
              
Where the boys grew in the trees
                    
Boys in the trees