Gotta sing,.....again.....

[Adrenochrome]

The Dreaming Tree by The Dave Matthews Band

Standing here
The old man said to me,
"Long before these crowded streets
Here stood my dreaming tree."
Below it he would sit
For hours at a time
Now progress takes away
What forever took to find
And now he's falling hard
He feels the falling dark
How he longs to be
Beneath his dreaming tree

Conquered fear to climb
A moment froze in time
When the girl who first he kissed
Promised him she'd be his
Remembered mother's words
There beneath the tree
"No matter what the world
You'll always be my baby."
"Mommy come quick,
The dreaming tree has died."
The air is growing thick
A fear he cannot hide
The dreaming tree has died

Oh, have you no pity?
This thing I do
I do not deny it
All through this smile
As crooked as danger
I do not deny
I know in my mind
I would leave you now
If I had the strength to
I would leave you up
To your own devices
Will you not talk?
Can you take pity?
I don't ask much
But won't you speak, please?

From the start
She knew she had it made
Easy up 'til then
For sure she'd make the grade
Adorers came in hordes
To lay down in her wake
Gave it all she had
But treasures slowly fade
Now she's falling hard
Feels the fall of dark
How did this fall apart?
She drinks to fill it up
A smile of sweetest flowers
Wilted so and soured
Black tears stain the cheeks
That once were so admired
She thinks when she was small
There on her father's knee
How he had promised her,
"You'll always be my baby."
"Daddy come quick,
The dreaming tree has died
I can't find my way home
There is no place to hide
The dreaming tree has died."

Oh, if I had the strength to
I would leave you up
To your own devices
Will you not talk?
Can you take pity?
I don't ask much
But won't you speak, please?

Take me back, take me back, take me back...

Save me please.




oh, and THIS Mutha Fu*ka!!!! can sneak a creep on yo ass!!!!!! I was able to share a burger and a beer with him in Chicago at Dicks. He's quiet and deep.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/entertainment/content/entertainment/photo_popups/dave_matthews_071605/images/099.jpg

[dmbfanintn]

Boyd Tinsley is the most approachable of the band! He was out mingling amongst the crowd after their performance last year at Bonnaroo.

AND, the man has the whitest teeth in the world!:D

[bassman]

Good song. I've always been partial to Dave's lyrics on "Busted Stuff"(Although all of them are great). Particularly "Big Eyed Fish" and "Bartender".


"Big Eyed Fish"

Look at this big - eyed fish swimming in the sea oh
How it dreams to be a bird swoop and diving through the breeze
So one day caught a big old wave up on to the beach
Now he’s dead you see beneath the sea is where a fish should be

But oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side

You see this crazy man decided not to breathe
He turned red and blue - purple, colorful indeed
No matter how his friends begged and pleaded the man would not concede
And now he’s dead you see the silly man should know you got to breathe

But oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side

Oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem so much better on the other side

No way, no way
No way out of here

You see the little monkey sitting up in his monkey tree
One day decided to climb down and run off to the city
But look at him now lost tired living in the street
As good as dead you see what a monkey does - stay up your tree

But oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem brighter on the other side

Oh God
Under the weight of life
Things seem so much better on the other side

No way, no way, no way
No way out of here

Rain in my dreams

Fall away



All are good, though. Dave is one hell of a songwriter....one of the greats of our time.

[dmbfanintn]

Dave is one hell of a songwriter....one of the greats of our time.

Amen to that, Dave is the man!

I like how you can listened to his cd's and sorta follow how his moods over the years. The tone and feeling of DMB cd's have changed and evolved over the years.

But yes, Dave is one of the great songwriters of our time!

[bassman]

But yes, Dave is one of the great songwriters of our time!

Yep, but not only that, DMB is one of the greatest bands of our time. Their music will never be forgotten like most that is getting air-play these days...