out of a tree

get your eight year-old out of a tree. get your eight year-old out of a tree. got up there. quite a ways. there's no ladder as tall as that tree

and what's sadder is he's still in that tree

just what could've made him

of course you forbade him

he's a child

hear the sounds of laughter

high above the rafters

he's gone wild

neighbors shocked but the all still agree. there's no talking him down from that tree

and it rains. still he stays

get your eight year-old out of a tree. get your eight year-old out of a tree. now your nine year-old lives in a tree. now your nine year-old wants no t.v. not a stage. not a phase

now your nine year-old has been set free. now your nine year-old's home is a tree.