Bobby Bare - Tall Oak Tree lyrics

There was a tall oak tree that loved a bubblin' brook And the bubblin' brook loved a mountain high And the mountain high loved the sky above The creator looked down and saw everything was loved, loved, loved. Then he took a bone and a piece of mud He made a man and a woman to be flesh and blood Then along came a devil up from the ground He tempted woman and that's spred sin all around, all around, all around. If she'd've left that apple on the apple tree There'd be no tears and sorrow we'd live eternaly And then along came man to burn the oak tree down And now the bubblin' brook is solid ground. And the mountain high don't stand so high And there's a cloud of smoke that covers up a clear blue sky There was a tall oak tree, there was a tall oak tree There was a tall oak tree...