Seals, Dan - Wood Lyrics
His old hands were brown
from the varnish and the stain
And I had come to talk
in my youth and in my pain
I told him that I was not
I waited to see what he would say
But he just kept on working
as if I wasn't there
The sweat on his face
and dust in his hair
He paused for a moment
when I'd been there for a while
He wiped his brow - I thought I saw him smile
From the earth beneath our feet there grows a tree
And we can take it, shape it, to what's it's meant to be
The stronger the fiber, the better for the good
Son, I believe that men are just like wood."
I handed him a timber
and he laid it on the bench
I watched the love and care he took
to measure every inch
the work it got harder
when he cut across the grain
but he just put more shoulder to the plane
I sat there beside him
as he carved out every line
He made a thing of beauty
from a rough 'ol piece of pine
He seem to have the vision
of what the end would be
I felt as if some pieces had been taken out of me
He just said "Wood,
From the earth beneath our feet there grows a tree
And we can take it, shape it, to what's it's meant to be
The stronger the fiber, the better for the good
Son, I believe that men are just like wood."
I left a little taller
wiser, and free
I learned the use of tools
for the carpenter in me
I don't have all the answers
but one thing I have have found
We are the choices that we make
when the chips are down, wood.
He said, "The stronger the fiber, the better for the good
Son, I believe that men are just like wood."
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Seals, Dan Wood Comments
Não canso de ouvir pura magia o mundo cauntry sempre espetacular divinal adoroooooooo 😘♥️🌷🍹💋
Coisa linda vc é o sol maior que veio para iluminar os nossos ♥️com tanta emoção e amor 🌹🍀 iloveyou
Respect Sir Dan SEALS. RIP
This old world needs more of this kind of music, the kind that exhorts and extols virtues. I bought the On Arrival album back in ''90 when it came out. Thank you Dan Seals for this gem and many others. You are missed sir.
"...From the earth beneath our feet there grows a tree
We can take it, shape it, to what’s it’s meant to be
The stronger the fiber, the better for the good
Son, I believe that men are just like wood"
“Wood” by Dan Seals on the “On Arrival” album
Love you Dan Seals . You were a great person and a great singer songwriter
this song is great... it has all the meanings in every line of this song... love it...
so much meaning in the words of this song
Beautiful song and voice. Thanks.
This is one of my all-time favorite songs! It is a beautiful, poignant song that will touch your soul deeply in precious ways!!! BobbyK
This song is a masterpiece! It should have 7 billion views! BobbyK
T his is probably a song I have cried to more times than i care to admit! But the story is so moving, that those tears just come tumbling down! Other songs that make me cry this way are:"Here comes those Tears Again", by Jackson Browne,and "Still you Linger On", and "Passing Thing", by Andrew Gold, respectively! And there's more...... Peace and Love, BobbyK
This is one of the prettiest songs I have ever heard! It's a precious masterpiece that more of the young country fans need to hear! I loved your music, Dan, when you were in England Dan&John Ford Coley, and it seemed that whatever of genre of music you worked in, you always turned out precious gems! I miss you, Dan Fogelberg, and James Griffin and Mike Botts from Bread! Somehow, the world is a little colder without your precious souls in it!!! Love, BobbyK