A Thousand Trees

Album: Word Gets Around (1997)
Charted: 22
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  • Standing at the bus stop with my shopping
    In my hands when I'm overhearing elder
    Ladies as the rumors start to fly you can
    Hear them in the school yard, in the scrap yard
    In the chip shop, in the phone box, in the pool hall at
    The shoe stall every corner turned around

    It started with a school girl who was
    Running running home to her mam and
    Dad told them she was playing in the
    Change room of her local football side they
    Said tell us again so she told them again
    They said tell us the truth they found it hard
    To believe 'cause he taught our Steve he
    Even trained me taught uncle john who's
    Father of three

    But it only takes one tree to make
    A thousand matches
    Only takes one match to burn
    A thousand trees
    A thousand trees

    You see it in the class room in the
    Swimming pool where the matchstick men
    Are made at the scouts hall at the football
    Where the wise we trust are paid they all
    Honor his name he did a lot for the game
    He got his name knocked up above the
    Sports ground gates but now they are
    Ripping them down stamping the ground
    Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the
    Lounge it takes one tree to make

    A thousand matches
    Only takes one match to burn
    A thousand trees
    A thousand trees

    Wake up and smell the rain shake up he's
    Back to stay he hasn't been on a holiday
    His growing seeds don't believe why he's
    Been away in the school yard change room
    Playing fields bathroom phone box office
    Blocks corner turned around they keep
    Doubting the flame tossing the blame got
    His name knocked up above the sports
    Ground gates but now they're
    Ripping them down stamping the ground
    Picture gathers dust in the bar in the
    Lounge it takes one tree to make

    A thousand matches
    Only takes one match to burn
    A thousand trees
    A thousand trees
    A thousand trees Writer/s: KELLY JONES, RICHARD MARK JONES, STUART CABLE
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Rick from LancsBryan from Cwmaman, This song and album influenced me massively, every song on word gets Around is a story. I’ll be honest until I read your comment I wasn’t sure which way it went. The beauty of the song is you don’t know if it’s a wrongful accusation or miscarriage of justice. I guess I know now and it will always change how I listen to it
  • Eddie from Stoke On TrentCould anyone let me know the film that "A Thousand Trees" was part of the soundtrack?
    Many Thanks.
  • Mia from Dunstable, United KingdomI couldn't work out if the original person had abused their position (and the girl) or if it was just about malicious accusations. But, after reading the above comments, I think it's about how, after one person abuses their position of trust, others working with children and vulnerable people find themselves having to be careful about how they talk to, touch (innocently) or help those they work with as every action is open to misinterpretation by a suspicious public. And this suspicious nature can easily lead to wrongful accusations, not necessarily malicious. Like Boy in the Photograph, A Thousand Trees deals with a difficult subject but sounds so beautiful!
  • Karl from Ingatestone, United Kingdomhe got jailed for it, that football manager, i mean where was this! Stereophonics make me hover
  • Madeleine from Caerdydd, United KingdomAmazing song. One of Stereophonic's best.
  • Bryan from Cwmaman, United KingdomWasnt falsely accused mate he did it and got jailed for it.
    Used to live next door to my gran and took me football training too!!
  • Nick from Cambridge, EnglandAmazing song, unusualy with a message you should remember. Normaly "message songs" just talk about specific situations.
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