Though a maelstrom makes you leave Like a tree, I bend toward thee A damsel down on bended knee My knotty heart, she bleeds and bleeds Pining away, pining away Pining away for you Pining away, pining away Pining away for you I spied a speck within your eye But t'was a log that made me cry From the sawmill of my mind A forest fell and made me blind Pining away, pining away Pining away for you Pining away, pining away Pining away for you While my roots are long displaced I ran to where few humans race A tumbleweed in time and space May my footsteps leave no disgrace Pining away, pining away Pining away for you, for you Pining away, pining away Pining away for you Pining away, pining away Pining away for you Once her branches rose as graceful chandeliers Her leafy crown now bows low, is hung with tears Concentric circles mark the years Lining the trunk as faded souvenirs