Lyrics The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats

Treetop Song

All along the interstate

the palm trees were calling out to me

the line of them stretched fown the highway forever

as far as I could see

I waited til the sun was coming up

light morning traffic and a cool spring breeze

I heard the old voices calling down

from the tops of the trees

when I got up to the top, my head got light

for a minute everything in the world was alright

I saw the next tree just 10 feet away

give or take a few feet I guess

then I pushed off into the air with all my might

headed out into the center of the morning light

I knew that I was gonna make it

the new tree hardly shook to acknowledge my arrival

I knew that I would be alright