The Oak Tree - Emily Hearn

Kicking dust up, I’m wearing out my shoes

I can’t make my mind up;

I’ve got too much to lose

I’m old enough to leave home

But way too young to know what I should do

I’m treading water

I’m trying to keep my head above the ground

So would you come with me up to the oak tree?

Time will stop for us again

Look back, remember when

Yeah, we were just eighteen, under the oak tree

Safer than we’d ever been

Hold on to innocence

Where has the time gone?

I’m feeling old and gray

Trying to breathe revival into my broken ways

I’m old enough to leave home

But way too young to carry all the blame

I’m treading water

I’m trying to keep my head above the ground

So would you come with me up to the oak tree?

Time will stop for us again

Look back, remember when

Yeah, we were just eighteen, under the oak tree

Safer than we’d ever been

Hold on to innocence

We were young, oh, we were young

And we had time

How I hate the feeling that time

It keeps slipping away

The child in me is kicking;

don’t let a moment pass

'Cause I can’t bear to witness my parents age so fast

They’re way too young to fly home

And I can’t stand to watch the hourglass

I’m treading water

I’m trying to keep my head above the ground

I’m treading water

I’m trying to keep time from running out

So would you come with me up to the oak tree?

Time will stop for us again

Look back, remember when

Yeah, we were just eighteen, under the oak tree

Safer than we’d ever been

Hold on to innocence

We were young, oh, we were young

And we had time

To be young, oh, to be young

And to have time