Louis Jordan - Everything That's Made of Wood lyrics

Everything that's made of wood was once a tree It was made to be understood by fools like me Now you're sitting on a chair, and you're sitting nice and cozy there But you're really not sitting on a chair, you're sitting on a tree Somebody yelled timber Yes and then she came tumbling down Whether it's a door or a chair or a floor The roots are still in the ground Everything that's made of wood was once a tree And all that is sticks of branches in your house that you may see Now you've got that gorgeous tv set, sitting in that lovely cabinet But it ain't sitting in a cabinet, it's sitting in a tree Somebody yelled timber Yes and then she came tumbling down Whether it's a door or a chair or a floor The roots are still in the ground Everything that's made of wood was once a tree And don't you get the wrong idea, ain't nothing free You got collectors by the score, they even knocking on your door But they're not really knocking on your door, they're knocking on a tree Somebody yelled timber And then she came tumbling down Whether it's a door or a chair or a floor The roots are still in the ground Everything that's made of wood was once a tree And it was made to be understood by a fool like me Now when you're dead ...... and when you're buried six feet deep You're really not buried in a coffin, you're buried in a tree Somebody yelled timber Yes and then she came tumbling down Whether it's a door or a chair or a floor The roots are still in the ground And don't start bringing me down Everything that's made of wood was once a tree