a holly oak tree is shading me planted by a passerby tossing acorn seeds till one takes hold and grows to be a shade of love inside a memory of you and me and that holly oak tree when we were young we could not afford fancy things oh no so we would swing and one day we carved our names forever eternity but as our hearts and names distort as the oak grows to be a shade of love inside a memory of you and me and that holly oak tree a shade of love inside a memory of you and me and that holly oak tree i will be home soon enough nature will make sure of that even if i forget about her love song i m gently tapped on the back a holly oak tree is shading me planted by a passerby tossing acorn seeds till one takes hold an grows to be a shade of love inside a memory of you and me and that holly oak tree a shade of love inside a memory of you and me and that holly oak tree a shade of love inside a memory of you and me and that holly oak tree