Make Me A Tree
Pat Jones

Verse 1:
When my days on this earth
As a human are through
When the last page is written
In the book of me and you

If there really is an afterlife
And we can start anew
Let me be a tree
And you can be one, too

Verse 2:
I'll put my roots down deep
I'll grow tall, give birds cover
Deciduous and conifers
My sisters and my brothers

Rolling blankets on mountains
Painted canvas in the fall
Flowers, nuts, berries
We’ll make something for all

Chorus:
Make me a tree
Make my roots deep
When I leave this life
I'll come back wearing leaves

Let me grow tall
I'll shelter all
I'll give birds a home
In spring and in fall

Verse 3:
Artists will draw me
Arborists will tend me
The wind will shake me
But nothing will upend me

Would you come with me
And be a tree?
We can be together
A hundred more years

Verse 4:
People always like you
So you would be a poplar
At my core......
I adore Sycamore!


Bridge:
Trees don't discriminate
They don't know how to hate
Trees are wise
In any size
The more they grow
The more they know
Trees give me hope
Trees give me hope.....

Verse 5:
On a hill in Arlington
When they choose my space
Let it be near a tree
To give me lasting shade

And when the birds there sing
Don't shed a tear for me
Just look up and smile
At that great canopy

Chorus:
Make me a tree
Make my roots deep
When I leave this life
I'll come back wearing leaves

Let me grow straight
I'll make good shade
I'll wear a swing
Where All God's kids can play

Outro:
And when you see a tree.....
It might be me!