Man in the Tree - Pearls Before Swine

The man in the tree is staring at me

All of the blood dripping down

He says: where are you bound?

Said: I’m going to town to pawn my crown

And never come back here again

My lady in waiting is weaving a robe

Of silk and moonlight and now

And she never asks how

So pleasant a task she never asks

And she only listens to friends

The man at the store he looks at my crown

Listens to my sad tale

He says it never fails

If the crown is for sale, I’ll give you some nails

But you can only use them on friends

The man in the tree was staring at me

As I passed by again on that day

He said I’d got in his way

Said: nails aren’t the way to be free to stay

So I traded them all for the end

Went back to my lady in waiting and all of her friends