Once in my youth, I stood on this mountain
And planted some pines in the sand
Every day I looked their way
But just couldn't understandWhy they never grew like I thought they should do
I just couldn't understand why
Now, I've rambled around this wide world through
And today I just happened byTall pines, tall pines
Reaching up for the clouds
Tall pines, tall pines
I bet you wouldn't know me nowI'll never forget the morning I left
The hum of the bees in the hay
The farther I walk, the harder they talk
How silent it seems here todayThere's an old rail fence that we built, inch by inch
Surrounding the old family graves
And there's one gravestone standing all alone
There waiting to join me in the shadeTall pines, tall pines
Reaching up for the clouds
Tall pines, tall pines
I've come home to sleep beneath your boughs
Songwriters
BLACK, DAMONPublished by
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