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 There have been many tales

 Tainted by truth twisted by time

 Some choose to forget

 Yet it still weaves webs in their minds…

 And it seems like she's been here forever

 Her branches as black as the seas

 She's been through it all

 By the luck of the draw

 She became the old hanging tree…

 She asked for nothing

Except maybe a little rain…

 They used her strength

 To help them steal lives away…

 And she witnessed the sadness and sorrow

 To this day she still doesn't know why

 But her heart broke

 When they came with the rope

 To declare her the old hanging tree…

 Life stranger then fiction

 Can make you want to cry

 Roots could never stop her

 From reaching for the sk

 Those years have all past

 Lucky for us lucky for her…

 Now, children play at her feet

And in her arms she cradles birds…

 And it seems like she's been here forever

 Her branches as black as the seas

 She's been through it all

 By the luck of the draw

 She became the old hanging tree…

 Yes somewhere in the back of her mind is the time

 she was known as the old hanging tree...