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Song About the Trees

from Real Deal by Elaine Romanelli

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The leaves are off the trees
Empty branches point to an early freeze
The warmth they strain to touch
Won’t come ‘til spring

I feel the same inside;
cold and yearning
with a pale, scarred hide
the salt you pour each day has left its sting

So I’ll go away
I may cry, but I’m keeping you at bay
I may get lonely and lost
but this has too high a cost
and I can’t stay

If you come, I’ll turn you down
I know I’ll miss you
But I can’t have you around
The flame you light in me leaks toxic fumes

You poison as you charm
You entrap me, when you hold me in your arms
You would bind my lips
Like secrets in locked rooms

So I’ll go away
I may cry, but I’m keeping you at bay
I may get lonely and lost
but this has too high a cost
and I can’t stay

You enthrall me with your touch
And our bodies align with such ease
I think I’ll always want you this much
But I can’t stay
This is crushing me

The leaves will bloom someday
They won’t stay barren
No matter what you say
They will bud with fragrant petals everywhere

I’ll survive without you near
It may be rocky
But I can find my way from here
I will rise and stretch new wings into the air

So I’ll go away
I may cry, but I’m keeping you at bay
I may get lonely and lost
but this has too high a cost
and I can’t stay

Yeah I’ll go today
I may cry, but I’m keeping you at bay
I may get lonely and lost
but this has too high a cost
You think I’m not strong
but I’ll be proving you wrong
I think I’ll flourish without
All your judgment and doubt
In my way

I’m gone today

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from Real Deal, released May 20, 2010

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Elaine Romanelli New York, New York

Recording Academy member Elaine Romanelli is an award-winning singer/songwriter, composer, writer, actor, and comic performer.

She loves to dance! If you swing dance in NYC you'll run into her eventually.

Affiliations: BMI, EMC, Grammys voter, Maestra, OneLicense.

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