Rings on a Tree

The cottonwood taught me how to listen to the wind The willow showed me how to bend The mighty oak showed me how to stand strong in a storm And all that can become of an acorn The cypress tree taught me how to hold on through a flood Keep my roots deep and I won't budge And the pine tree taught me how to reach for the sky And the cedar showed how to lay low and get by when its dry How I've grown, who I've come to be These lessons learned, my history Reads like the rings on a tree Mother Nature's been my teacher all along The rosewood on this guitar wrote this song And the sweet magnolia brought me love on a southern summer breeze And the giant redwood brought me to my knees How I've grown, who I've come to be Lessons learned, my history Reads like the rings on a tree And I've learned what's lost in the fall Brings new beginnings in the spring And one more ring How I've grown, who I've come to be These lessons learned, my history Reads like the rings on a tree Feels like rings on a tree