[Verse 1]
I stood so long in the low country
I was swallowed by a hollow tree
May the moss grow thick, my roots grow deep
May summer make the best of me

[Chorus]
Ooh, take the sap from the shoot
Like I asked you to do
Carve your name in the shade 'neath the fruit

[Verse 2]
Oh, sapling in the valley steep
What bounty from you can we reap?
Kindling for the mantlepiece
Switches cut for softened knees

[Chorus]
Ooh, take the sap from the shoot
Like I asked you to do
Carve your name in the shade 'neath the fruit

[Verse 3]
When you were young and thought like me
You would walk in the low country
In the fertile ground, a fallow seed
Blossoming among the weeds
[Chorus]
Ooh, take the sap from the shoot
Like I asked you to do
Carve your name in the shade 'neath the fruit

Ooh, take the sap from the shoot
Like I asked you to do
Carve your name in the shade 'neath the fruit