Money Tree

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A mustard seed, a milkweed
It's all the very same
I fly by so high
Oh, how I try for what's-her-name
What's her name?

Over hill, over dale, over there!
Now what's that I see?
Something all scraggly and tall
But it means nothing to me

It's too cold, it's too windy
For its thin wee branches

Nevertheless, I confess
I want to know more
Hey there, are you weeping?
Are you sleeping?
Or just bored?

Here comes the sun. Isn't this fun?
Now, dig you some roots
I bet you get
The very choicest of fruits

But it's too warm, it's too sunny
And the money won't grow

Walking needlessly hastily
On a weekday morning
I read your note on the side of the road
And heed your warning

But how quickly I forget
Regardless the skies,
And glasses, and tinted spectacles
But is it any surprise?

It's just fine, you'll be just fine
No, the money won't grow
It's too hot, it's too sunny
And the money won't grow

It needs the cool shade of a quiet garden
Where the soil won't harden to the bone
In a kind world, it will cease it's chokin'
So I'll dig a hole in the ground
Tuck it in, safe a sound
In the cool shade of a quiet garden
Where the soil won't harden to the bone
In this kind world, it will cease it's chokin'
So I dig a hole in the ground
Tuck it in

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from Outertown, released April 1, 2014

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Outertown Chicago, Illinois

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Bethany Clearfield - vocals
Rob Clearfield - wurlitzer, electric guitar
Chris Siebold - steel guitar, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, mandolin
Michael Caskey - percussion

Devin Ulery - artwork ... more

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