The Wandering Man & The Old Cedar Tree

Sunday, January 25th, 2026

A wandering man met a Cedar one day
And the tree offered rest 'neath her sweet-smelling shade
The tree offered rest 'neath her sweet-smelling shade

Said the man after resting to the old Cedar tree:
Your roots keep you here now, but I am free.
Your roots keep you here now but I am free.

Yes, said the tree to the wandering man,
Well, I have my roots just like you have your hands.
I have my roots just like you have your hands.

The wandering man to the Cedar replied:
With these hands I can take whatever I like!
With these hands I can take whatever I like.

Said the tree to the man, I think you don't understand.
My roots they take what they want, just like your hands.
My roots they take what they want, just like your hands.

But when I take from a place that I know I won't leave,
what I need has already been given to me.
What I take has already been given to me
Freely!

For the sun, as you know, shines on both of our heads.
Well, it feeds me with heaven and it bakes you your bread.
It feeds me with heaven and bakes you your bread.

Well, yes, said the man, but you left out the bad.
The sun scorched your parents and it dried out my land.
The sun scorched your parents and it dried out my land.

So how can it be, tree, you only see life?
But the Green Woman stretched out her arms to the sky.
Just stretched out green branches into the blue sky
So high!

Oh, wandering man, you're a bird without wings.
And it's only in giving your hands can receive.
It's only in giving your hands can receive.

Well, I used to be like you, always wanted to leave.
But after seasons of staying the world came to me.
After seasons of staying the world came to me
Freely.

Now birds in my armor and elk in my shade,
Just rooted down deeply and look what's been made!
Just rooted down deep here and look what's been made.

A wandering man met a Cedar one day.
And the tree offered rest 'neath her sweet-smelling shade.
The tree offered rest 'neath her sweet-smelling shade.