I'm a Treeplanter

from Old Treeplanter by Scott Wicken

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I'm a Treeplanter

I'm an old treeplanter from a long time ago. I worked way out West and in North Ontario. And I'm going gray. I'm growing old. But I'm still strong down to my wooden bones. I'm a treeplanter from a long time ago.

When I was young I was a wayward son. I'm not proud of everything I ever done. Then that summer I joined a planting crew. Now I walk straight and my heart is true. 'Cos I'm a treeplanter through and through.

We were punkers and students, artists and criminals, lovers and farmers, lesbians and liberals, bizknobs and streetniks, anarchist intellectuals. We were treeplanters down to our wooden bones. We were treeplanters such a long time ago. There's something about working with your hands in the earth that makes you realize what life is worth.

I walk these familiar streets but I don't feel at home. And every Spring I get itchy feet. My mind it starts to roam to the burn site, the slash piles, the mud the dirt and stones and all those fine people that I used to know.

And there's something about working with your hands in the earth that makes you realize what life is worth. And when my eyes grow dim, when they lose their shine, bury me with my shovel in the Norway pines 'cos I'm a treeplanter, oh I'm a treeplanter. I'll be a treeplanter until the end of time.

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from Old Treeplanter, released June 15, 2014
Scott Wicken - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Cello
Paul McInnis - Mandolin

©℗ 2014 Scott Wicken (SOCAN)

Mixed and produced by Scott Wicken
Mastered by Cory Barnes

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Scott Wicken Waterloo, Ontario

Scott Wicken is a singer/songwriter/musician/spoken word artist/poet based in Waterloo, Ontario. He's been part of the artistic/musical communities in Vancouver, Yellowknife, Edmonton and has performed in bars, cafes, art galleries and festivals across Canada. His work pays special attention to the lyric. Currently, he is a member of City'N'Eastern, an acoustic trio of original music. ... more

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