Nick Drake - Fruit Tree Lyrics
Fame is but a fruit treeSo very unsound.It can never flourishTill its stalk is in the ground.So men of fameCan never find a wayTill time has flownFar from their dying day.Forgotten while youre hereRemembered for a whileA much updated ruinFrom a much outdated style.Life is but a memoryHappened long ago.Theatre full of sadnessFor a long forgotten show.Seems so easyJust to let it go on byTill you stop and wonderWhy you never wondered why.Safe in the wombOf an everlasting nightYou find the darkness canGive the brightest light.Safe in your place deep in the earthThats when theyll know what you were really worth.Forgotten while youre hereRemembered for a whileA much updated ruinFrom a much outdated style.Fame is but a fruit treeSo very unsound.It can never flourishTill its stalk is in the ground.So men of fameCan never find a wayTill time has flownFar from their dying day.Fruit tree, fruit treeNo-one knows you but the rain and the air.Dont you worryTheyll stand and stare when youre gone.Fruit tree, fruit treeOpen your eyes to another year.Theyll all knowThat you were here when youre gone.
