Buckeye Song

I just got back from the Buckeye tree today
Showed me how to laugh again, taught me how to play
There’s nothing you can do and there’s nothing you can say
When the Buckeye trees start talking to you in the merry month of May

I just got back from the Buckeye tree today
Saw a little buckeye there, this is what he did say
I been watching you boy and for all that it is worth
You been driving that car all over town and you’re fucking up the earth

What did you learn, what did you learn today
When you were at school, what did your teacher say
What did you do while the Buckeye trees were blooming near the bay
What did you learn today

I see the damage done against a sunset sky
The people are gone and the babies cry
It’s high noon in heaven and we’re almost out of time
But when the Buckeye trees start singing their songs and they’re looking you in the eye

And they sing
What did you learn, what did you learn today
When you were at school, what did your teacher say
What did you do while the Buckeye trees were blooming near the bay
What did you learn today
What did you learn today
What did you learn today

© 2004, Kyle Alden