Willow Tree Willow tree, I've watched and I've waited Crying forlorn on the bank of a stream For some loss of a friend or lover Hoping that time will intervene Is all that you need just someone to believe Stand under your boughs and reach out a hand The truth of the hand that touches your leaves **all that you are Willow tree wooden, I've watched and waited I've been lit both by moonbeam and sun of the day For some tragic loss of a friend or lover Hoping that time will intervene (ALTERNATE 1st VERSE) Willow tree wooden, were you once a woman Crying forlorn on the bank of a stream For some tragic loss of a friend or lover Hoping that time will somehow intervene (ALTERNATE 2nd VERSE) Is all that you need just someone to believe Stand under your boughs and reach out a hand The truth of the hand that touches your leaves Release you and end your perpetual stand (ALTERNATE 3rd VERSE) Willow tree wooden, I've watched and waited I've been lit both by moonbeam and sun of the day Biding my time here, just sitting and thinking How many years before you fade away?