Fruit Tree Lyrics - Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

Fame is but a fruit tree, so very unsound 

It can never flourish, till its stalk is in the ground 

So men of fame, can never find a way 

Till time has flown far from their dying day 

Forgotten while you're here, remembered for a while 

A much updated ruin from a much outdated style 

Life is but a memory, happened long ago 

Theater full of sadness, for a long forgotten show 

Seems so easy, just to let it go on by 

Till you stop and wonder, why you never wondered why 

Safe in the womb of an everlasting night 

You find the darkness can give the brightest light 

Safe in your place deep in the earth 

That's when they'll know what you were really worth 

Forgotten while you're here, remembered for a while 

A much updated ruin from a much outdated style 

Fame is but a fruit tree, so very unsound 

It can never flourish, till its stalk is in the ground 

So men of fame, can never find a way 

Till time has flown far from their dying day 

Fruit tree, fruit tree, no-one knows you but the rain and the air 

Don't you worry, they'll stand and stare when you're gone 

Fruit tree, fruit tree, open your eyes to another year 

They'll all know, that you were here when you're gone