Willow Tree

There sits a man He chats with old photographs Waiting for them to talk back He yearns to know what they'd say Are they really as happy as their smile portrays Well, maybe it's true 'Cause they don't know as much as me and you do Eroding our years away Askin' the man in the frame Well, maybe I've gone insane But he's tellin' 'bout that day Sayin' "How come I could hardly see The water flowin' down the stream But the path that led me to the creek's Cemented in my memory We were dancin' under willow trees Singin', 'I need to get there to feel warm' Well, I learnt, son, I learnt, son 'Once you feel the heat, you'll miss the cold'" Well, I'm a plant in every photo Yet I never synthesize with the daily light So I keep beggin' the man for me answers He says, "Boy, you've had your chances" You'll be fiiiine While feeding me those saaaaame liiiines Sayin' "How come I could hardly see The water flowin' down the stream But the path that led me to the creek's Cemented in my memory We were dancin' under willow trees Singin', 'I need to get there to feel warm' Well, I learnt, son, I learnt, son 'Once you feel the heat, you'll miss the cold'" "When you wish through the winter You will quickly come to find You were livin' in the picture Your spring self will idolize Son, don't be scared of the cold air" Said the film as he faded goodbye "Oh, the path you pave You pave to the picture Is what you must romanticize" Said, "Once you feel the heat, you'll miss the cold"