Rush Lyrics

Album: Chronicles

The Trees Lyrics

There is unrest in the forest

 There is trouble with the trees

 For the maples want more sunlight

 And the oaks ignore their pleas

 

 The trouble with the maples

 (And they're quite convinced they're right)

 They say the oaks are just too lofty

 And they grab up all the light

 But the oaks can't help their feelings

 If they like the way they're made

 And they wonder why the maples

 Can't be happy in their shade

 

 There is trouble in the forest

 And the creatures all have fled

 As the maples scream 'Oppression!'

 And the oaks just shake their heads

 

 So the maples formed a union

 And demanded equal rights

 'The oaks are just too greedy

 We will make them give us light'

 Now there's no more oak oppression

 For they passed a noble law

 And the trees are all kept equal

 By hatchet, axe and saw