Sharron Kraus - The Tree of Knowledge lyrics

I found the Tree of Knowledge In the middle of a wood In the middle of winter It was bearing golden fruit Apples on the topmost branches Outlined against the sky It would take all of my climbing sk**s To climb that high The need to know burns me up Answers to my questions More urgent than the will to live Curiosity beckons So I climb and climb and climb and climb Legs and arms a-quiver The higher I climb, the further the top This tree stretches on forever Finally I reach the top Up in the crow's nest, far from land The whole earth spread beneath me Gleaming apple in my hand My teeth are itching for a bite The great temptation And in the shiny glowing skin I see my own reflection The first bite makes me laugh The second makes me cry The final bite fills me up And back down to earth I fly