The Lightning Tree

from Memories and Dreams. April 2023 Studio Album by Gerry Gillard

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I never knew all of her secrets, but some of them she shared,
we used to talk so intimately, she knew how much I really cared.

Meet me by the lightning tree, this is what she said to me.
I’ll be there and I’ll wait for you, I can only stay while the sky is blue.

I knew that she was lonely, and her time was not her own,
I hoped we’d be together, and our love could have grown.

Meet me by the lightning tree, I can’t forget her words to me,
When darkness comes, I will be gone,
there’s someone that will do me wrong.

My fear was that we’d be discovered,
and this would surely end in pain,
she would be taken away, I’d never see her again.
So I made my way to our meeting place,
across the river and straight ahead.
Then something flashed right in front of my eyes,
all the people though I was dead.

Meet me by the lightning tree, the last thing that she said to me,
I didn’t get there, I couldn’t come, when I arrived there was no sun.
Meet me by the lightning tree, I will never forget her words to me.
I waited all night but she was gone,
there is someone who did us wrong.

I will think of you, I will dream of you.
Where are you?

Meet me by the lightning tree, these are the words she said to me.

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from Memories and Dreams. April 2023 Studio Album, released May 4, 2023

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