Meat Loaf Song Lyrics - The Giving Tree
Search

Song Lyrics

Home > Meat Loaf > The Giving Tree

Hell In A Handbasket - Meat Loaf lyrics

The Giving Tree
Meat Loaf Song Lyrics

Artist: Meat Loaf
Album: Hell In A Handbasket (2011)

I was temporarily blind by a neon dollar sign
It pacified my mind and whispered things are fine
Said, 'boy, if you wanna heal just sign this paper deal
You'll never have to beg, no, you'll never have to steal'

But when that giving tree stops giving
I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before
With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen
I gotta get back to living like I did before
Living like I did before

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get (whatever you can get)

Down in the city streets grows a giving tree
Out of solid stone, mortared by my bone
And watered by my tears, strengthened by my fears
It's gonna grow strong, it's gonna live long gonna haunt me for years

But when that giving tree stops giving
I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before
With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen
I gotta get back to living like I did before
Living like I did before

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get (whatever you can get)

It's beautiful fruit seems ripe at ground level
It's dangerous roots lead straight down to the devil
Lead straight down to the devil
Lead straight down to the devil
Lead straight down to the devil

When that giving tree stops giving
I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before
With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen
I gotta get back to living like I did before

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get

Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get

(One pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
(Sell this old soul, 'ever you can get)
Like I did before

(One pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
(Sell this old soul, 'ever you can get)
Like I did before

(One pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
(Gonna sell this old soul for whatever you can get)

(One pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
(Gonna sell this old soul for whatever you can get)
Like I did before....

Home > Meat Loaf > The Giving Tree

Album

More music by Meat Loaf

hell_in_a_handbasketAlbum
Hell In A Handbasket (2011)
bat_out_of_hell_ii_back_into_hellAlbum
Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (1993)
blind_before_i_stopAlbum
Blind Before I Stop (1986)
bad_attitudeAlbum
Bad Attitude (1984)
midnight_at_the_lost_and_foundAlbum
Midnight At The Lost And Found (1983)
dead_ringerAlbum
Dead Ringer (1981)
meat_loaf_featuring_stoney_and_meatloafAlbum
Meat Loaf Featuring Stoney & Meatloaf (1978)
bat_out_of_hellAlbum
Bat Out Of Hell (1977)

Search

Video

Karaoke scroller

Slow/ReversePlay/Pause Increase Speed