Judy Collins - Cactus tree

There's a man who's been out sailing in a ^Fdecade full of dreams And he ta^Ckes her to a schooner and he ^Ftreats her like a queen Bearing b^Ceads from Cali^Ffornia with their ^Camber stones and ^Fgreen He has called her from the ^Charbour, he has ^Fkissed her with his ^Cfreedom He has ^Fheard her off to ^Cstarboard, in the ^Fbreaking and the ^Gbreathing Of the ^Cwater wee^Fds, and she was busy being ^Cfree

There's a man who's climbed a mountain and he's ^Fcalling out her name And he ^Chopes her heart can hear three thousand ^Fmiles, he calls again He can ^Cthink her there be^Fside him, he can ^Cmiss her just the ^Fsame He has missed her in the ^Cforest while he ^Fshowed her all the ^Cflowers And the ^Fbranches sang the ^Cchorus as he ^Fclimbed the scaly ^Gtowers Of a ^Cforest tre^Fe, while she was somewhere being ^Cfree

There's a man who's sent a letter and he's ^Fwaiting for reply He has ^Casked her of her travels, since the ^Fday they said goodbye He writes, "^CWish you were be^Fside me, we can ^Cmake it if we ^Ftry" He has seen her at the ^Coffice, with her ^Fname on all his ^Cpapers Through the ^Fsharing of the ^Cprofits, he will ^Ffind it hard to ^Gshake her ^CFrom his memo^Fry, and she's so busy being ^Cfree

There's a lady in the city and she ^Fthinks she loves them all There's the ^Cone who's thinking of her, there's the ^Fone who sometimes calls There's the ^Cone who writes her ^Fletters with his ^Cfacts and figures ^Fscrawl She has brought them to her ^Csenses, they have ^Flaughed inside her ^Claughter Now she ^Frallies her de^Cfences, for she ^Ffears that one will ^Gask her For ^Ceterni^Fty, and she's so busy being ^Cfree

There's a man who sends her medals, he is ^Fbleeding from the war There's a ^Cjouster and a jester and a ^Fman who owns a store There's a ^Cdrummer and a ^Fdreamer, and you ^Cknow there may be ^Fmore She will love them when she ^Csees them, they will ^Flose her if they ^Cfollow And she ^Fonly means to ^Cplease them and her ^Fheart is full and ^Ghollow Like a ^Ccactus tre^Fe, while she's so busy being ^Cfree Like a cactus tre^Ce,^F being ^Cfree