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The Beach Boys - A Day in the Life of a Tree (Lyrics)

Name all the lyrics to "A Day in the Life of a Tree," written by Brian Wilson and Jack Rieley for the Beach Boys' 1971 album, Surf's Up.
Background: On the surface, a song only about ecological degradation. In reality, the titular tree is also written to be a metaphor for Brian Wilson himself, transforming the song into a lamentation of his mental health struggles.
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Lyrics
Feel
the
wind,
burn
through
my
skin.
The
pain,
the
air
is
killing
me.
For
years
my
limbs
stretched
to
the
sky,
a
nest
for
birds
to
sit
and
sing.
But
now
my
branches
suffer,
and
my
leaves
don't
bear
the
glow,
they
did
so
long
ago...
One
day
I
was
full
of
life,
my
sap
was
rich
and
I
was
strong.
From
seed
to
tree
I
grew
so
tall,
through
wind
and
rain
I
could
not
fall.
But
now
my
branches
suffer,
and
my
leaves
don't
offer
poetry
to
men
of
song...
Trees
like
me
weren't
meant
to
live
if
all
this
world
can
give:
pollution
and
slow
death.
Oh,
Lord,
I
lay
me
down,
no
life's
left
to
be
found,
there's
nothing
left
for
me...
(Outro:)
Trees
like
me
weren't
meant
to
live
if
all
this
Earth
can
give
is
pollution.
Trees
like
me
weren't
meant
to
live
(Lord,
I
lay
me
down)
If
all
this
Earth
can
give
(My
branches
to
the
ground)
Is
pollution...
(There's
nothing
left
for
me)
(Oh,
Lord,
I
lay
me
down,
my
branches
to
the
ground...)
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