Standard (EADGBE)

 I am a tree - I show my age when I don't cry

 I have the leaves

 That will fall off when wind blows by

 Don't strip off my bark

 I have been stripped of it before

 Yesterday's gone

 And tomorrow has so much more in store

-x2-

 You are a bird - you're taking off in every way

 Say the last word until there is nothing more to say

 Don't interrupt

 You know the squirrels are my friends

 Get off my limb - for I will break before I bend

 I'm planning to see

I'm planning to feel you all over me

 So climb up my trunk and build on your nest

 Come and get the sap out if me

 I am a tree!

 Fruitless and free!

 No symmetry!

 Touch me and see!

-solo over-

 I am a tree - counting my rings will do no good

 I won't live long but I would be with you if I could

 When you take flight,

 Remember me to one who lives there

 Since you have flown,

 There's something special in the air

 I'm planning to see

I'm planning to feel you all over me

 So climb up my trunk and build on your nest

 Come and get the sap out if me

 I am a tree!

 Fruitless and free!

 No symmetry!

 Touch me and see!