Burnt Out Tree
Neil Finn

Tie me to a burnt out tree
The sun will play its tunes to me
Later on the tide will come
And water will rise over me, oh yeah
Water will rise over me

There’s only one way to play this game
But the rules are not written and it has no name
There’s only one way to play this game

Take a train to anywhere
I haven’t got much time to spare
The carriage is all loaded up
So fill your glass and lift your cup
Fill your glass and lift your cup

There’s only one way to play this game
But the rules are not written and it has no name
There’s only one way to play this game
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Taking in religion by a popular name
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There’s only one way to play this game

“I really don’t have any idea what I was on about. It was some kind of redemptive tale about 40 days in the desert or something.”

— Neil Finn, 2016

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