A Thousand Trees
Thousand Trees
Standing with a schoolgirl who was running
Running home to her mum and dad
Thought it was she was playing
And the change room of the locker room beside her said
Tell us again, she told him again
Tell us the truth, he found it hard to believe
Cause he told her it was me, he betrayed me
Told her the job is a five to the 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 of a sewer pool
With a match that the men are made
At the scout's hall, at the football
With the words we trust to pay
They all honour his name
To the luck of the game
Got his name marked up above the sports car gates
And they're ripping him down, stamping the ground
Put your fellas dust in the bottle
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
Growing seeds, don't believe
Why he's been away
In the school yard, change room
Playing field, bathroom
Phone box, office blocks
Callers turn around and he dies
Out in the flame, tossing the blame
Got his name marked up above the sports car gates
And they're ripping him down, stamping the ground
Put your fellas dust in the bottle
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
Thousand Trees