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Our Trees

Description:

This is a song that Tegan Quin wrote and that appeared on the album Under Feet Like Ours. Tegan sings the lead vocals and Sara sings the background vocals.

Lyrics:

There’s mass confusion in the forest

I heard about it on the radio

So they’re bringing in some guy

And he’s gonna go on and on

About all the things that he don’t know

And there’s some girl in the background

She’s screaming something about missing trees

And I’m wondering, where did they go?

No lines on the highway, no passing they say

No green to my left and no green to my right

And the man behind the axe always gets a full meal

‘Cause green never puts up much of a fight

So here’s some helpful hints

Some breath assured pints

Full of beautiful grace and we steal their space

And death comes quickly

So I pull up to my double car garage hideaway

And I start to say

Where did all the trees go? (Doesn’t anyone know?)

Where did all the trees go? {They ran across the street to grow}

Where did all the lights come from? 

They said you’re big before you’re small

I’m sure glad I don’t know it all

Yes I’m glad I don’t know it all

If the trees could be lions, would they still fall and be tagged?

Would they refuse to surrender, refuse to be gagged?

If the trees had a mother and a father like mine

Would they stand up, say praise the trees, the trees will be fine?

So wake me up from this dream

Tell me things aren’t as bad as they seem

And tell me, is it so not cool to say

Who will save the trees? Will it be me?

Where did all the trees go? (Doesn’t anyone know?)

Yeah, where did all the trees go?

(They ran across the street to grow)

Yeah, where did all the lights come from?

They said you’re big before you’re small

I’m sure glad that I

Where did all my trees go? (Doesn’t anyone know?)

Yeah, where did all the trees go?

(They ran across the street to grow)

Yeah, where did all the lights come from? 

They said you’re big before you’re small

I’m sure glad I don’t know it all

Yes, I’m glad I don’t know it all

And there’s mass confusion in the forest

I heard all about it on the radio

So they’re bringing in some guy

And he’s gonna go on and on and on

About all the things that he don’t know

And there’s some girl in the background

And she’s screaming something about missing trees

And I’m wondering, where did they go?

(Where did they go, where did they go?)

Live Performances:

Credits:

Sara and Tegan: Guitar

Kristian Alexandrov: Programming, Piano, Percussion

Marc Tremblay: Bass


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