[ti:A Thousand Trees]
[ar:Stereophonics]
[al:Decade In The Sun]
[00:-2.00]Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees
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[00:09.81]Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in my hands
[00:13.86]And I m overhearing elder ladies
[00:16.62]As the rumours start to fly
[00:18.76]You can hear them in the school yard
[00:20.18]In the scrap yard
[00:21.23]In the chip shop
[00:22.36]In the phone box
[00:23.49]In the pool hall
[00:24.68]At the shoe store
[00:25.82]Every corner turn around
[00:27.80]It started with a school girl
[00:29.27]Who was running
[00:30.33]Running home to her Mam and Dad
[00:32.18]Told them she was playing,
[00:33.81]in the change room of the local foorball side
[00:36.61]They said tell us again, she told them again,
[00:38.95]tell us the truth, they find it hard to believe
[00:41.04] Cause he taught our I was steve, he even trained me,
[00:43.34]taught our John who s a father of three
[00:45.54]Only takes one tree, to make 1000 matches
[00:50.12]Only takes one match, to burn A thousand trees
[00:58.58]A thousand trees
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[01:03.05]You see it in the classroom
[01:04.47]In the swimming pool
[01:05.47]Where the match stick men are made
[01:07.49]At the scout s hall
[01:08.82]At the football
[01:09.81]Where the wise we trust are paid
[01:11.49]They all honour his name
[01:12.64]He did a lot for the game
[01:14.23]Got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
[01:17.81]But they re ripping them down, stamping the ground
[01:19.51]Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the lounge
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[01:23.22]Only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
[01:27.30]Only takes one match, to burn a thousand trees
[01:30.50]A thousand trees
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[01:38.73]Wake up, and smell the rain
[01:42.92]Shake up, he s back to stay
[01:47.39]He hasn t been on a holiday
[01:51.32]His growing seeds don t believe
[01:53.96]Why he s been away
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[02:11.88]From the school yard
[02:12.88]Changing room
[02:14.25]Playing field
[02:15.29]Bathroom
[02:16.29]Phone box
[02:17.38]Office blocks
[02:18.50]Corners turn around
[02:20.09]They keep doubting the flame, tossing the blame
[02:22.70]Got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
[02:24.94]And they re ripping them down, stamping the ground
[02:26.94]Picture gathers dust in the bar
[02:28.61]
[02:28.96]Only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
[02:33.14]Only takes one match, to burn A thousand trees
[02:41.32]A thousand trees
[02:45.63]A thousand trees
[02:49.81]A thousand trees
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