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Sequoia Tree

from The Big Five​-​O by Derek Senn

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lyrics

I’m a sequoia tree they named a national park after me
we were alone for centuries me and the other trees
and then came the natives and native huts
and then the white man and the clear cuts
and then the congressional decree naming a park after me
and then the sequoia SUV with built in DVD
now they drive sequoias to see the sequoia tree
yeah I’m a sequoia tree you named a car and a park after me
thanks but I miss the native folk the native folk they were way more woke
now man visits nature and brings a generator
and watches tv in the rv beneath the sequoia tree
well I’ve got a few rings I’ve survived a few things
we shall see if I can weather the age of man
because I’m a commodity a tourist oddity
they pay an entrance fee and watch news in the rv
partisan bickering petty dickering
slandering gerrymandering mud-slinging right and left-winging
and if polite society fails and the park ranger bails
they’ll kill me and mill me they’ll fell me and sell me
and mother earth will be just fine if I go to that great sawmill in the sky
but I am a bellwether for whether man can hold it together
In the age of man versus man

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from The Big Five​-​O, track released June 3, 2022
Derek Senn – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Damon Castillo – electric guitar, bass, baritone guitar, mellotron
Jason Slota - drums
Kristian Ducharme – B3

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Derek Senn San Luis Obispo, California

I learned how to play guitar late in life. Then I decided to write songs and record them. For years I worked in the lo-fi tradition of home recording, which means I basically did everything myself & all songs were certified 100% free range, non-GMO, free trade, sustainably recorded organic. YUM! But now I record in proper studios and the music tastes even better! ... more

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