A Thousand Trees
Thousand Trees
Standing with a schoolgirl who was running
Running home to her mum and dad
Thought it was who was playing
And the changer of the locker put beside her
Said tell us again, she told him again
Tell us the truth, it wasn't hard to believe
Cause he told her it was me, even trained me
Told her the job is a final three
Only takes one tree
To make a thousand matches
Only takes one match
To burn a thousand trees
Thousand Trees
Sitting in the classroom
On a sewer pool
With a match that the men are made
At the scout's hall
At the football
With the words we trust
The pay they all honor
His name to the luck of the game
Got his name marked
And above the sports car gates
On a ribbon and down
Stabbing the ground
Put your fellas dust in the barn
Only takes one tree
To make a thousand matches
Only takes one match
To burn a thousand trees
Thousand Trees
Thousand Trees
Wake up, smell the rain
Shake up, he's back to stay
Hasn't been on a holiday
No, he's aged, don't believe
Why he's been away
Why he's been away
Why he's been away
Why he's been away

In the school yard
Change room
Playing field
Bathroom
Phone box
Office box
Callers turn around
And he dies
In the flame
Tossin' the blame
Got his name marked
And above the sports car gates
On a ribbon and down
Stabbing the ground
Put your fellas dust in the barn
Only takes one tree
To make a thousand matches
Only takes one match
To burn a thousand trees
Thousand Trees
Thousand Trees
Thousand Trees
Thousand Trees