Update 2002-08-03
Once in my youth I stood on this mountain
And planted some pines in the sand
Everyday I'd look their way
But just couldn't understand
Why they never grew like I thought they should do
I just couldn't understand why
Now I've rambled around this wide world through
And today I just happened by
Tall pines, Tall pines
Reaching up for the clouds
Tall pines, Tall pines
I'll bet you wouldn't know me now
I'll never forget the morning I left
The hum of the bees in the hay
The farther I walked, the harder they talked
How silent it seems here today
There's that old rail fence we built inch by inch
Surrounding the old family graves
And there's one last stone standing all alone
They're waitin' to join me in the shade
Tall pines, Tall pines
Reaching up for the clouds
Tall pines, Tall pines
I've come home to sleep beneath your vows