Judy Collins - Cactus Tree

      Judy Collins - Cactus Tree


CAPO: 5th Fret



[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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There's a man who's been out sailing in a decade full of dreams
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And he takes her to a schooner and he treats her like a queen
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Bearing beads from California with their amber stones and green
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He has called her from the harbour, he has kissed her with his freedom
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He has heard her off to starboard, in the breaking and the breathing
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Of the water weeds, and she was busy being free


[Verse 2]
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There's a man who's climbed a mountain and he's calling out her name
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And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles, he calls again
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He can think her there beside him, he can miss her just the same
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He has missed her in the forest while he showed her all the flowers
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And the branches sang the chorus as he climbed the scaly towers
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Of a forest tree, while she was somewhere being free


[Verse 3]
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There's a man who's sent a letter and he's waiting for reply
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He has asked her of her travels, since the day they said goodbye
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He writes, "Wish you were beside me, we can make it if we try"
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He has seen her at the office, with her name on all his papers
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Through the sharing of the profits, he will find it hard to shake her
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From his memory, and she's so busy being free


[Verse 4]
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There's a lady in the city and she thinks she loves them all
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There's the one who's thinking of her, there's the one who sometimes calls
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There's the one who writes her letters with his facts and figures scrawl
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She has brought them to her senses, they have laughed inside her laughter
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Now she rallies her defences, for she fears that one will ask her
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For eternity, and she's so busy being free


[Verse 5]
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There's a man who sends her medals, he is bleeding from the war
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There's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store
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There's a drummer and a dreamer, and you know there may be more
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She will love them when she sees them, they will lose her if they follow
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And she only means to please them and her heart is full and hollow
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Like a cactus tree, while she's so busy being free
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Like a cactus tree, being free