Kevyn Lettau
Kevyn Lettau and Friends In Concert
My Cherry Tree
I think it must have been April or May when I was lying under my orange tree Jack (all of my trees have names). I was remembering the cherry tree in our back yard in berlin where I grew up. I wrote this poem describing the tree and my life surrounding the tree and Berlin. Russell had written several songs to my poems in the past, he has such a way of just pulling the passion out the words and matching them to melodies and harmony. Within a week or so the song was done; my cherry tree! so we went in the studio and recorded just this one tune. We were all so touched by and just couldn't wait to get in on tape!
Lyrics
Picture the 60's
Berlin and the hippies
Teaching me all about
What it meant to be free
With war and confusion
Hatred and sorrow
The walls of the city a symbol of gloom
The world in an uproar
Peace signs on every door
My home life a feared life, like no home at all
But 3 weeks a year,
I escaped from uncertainty
Into the arms of my delicious cherry tree
From high on the roof top, safe and secure
Picking precious candy, to nourish the soul
With stains on my lips
Fingers and clothes
Her rich crimson flesh
Stayed with me for long
I took comfort in climbing
It was private and true
My own secret island how I long to see you
Picture the nineties,
The wall nearly gone
The city a fragment of what I had known
A trip to Berlin
To bury my father
The visit an honor, to what I'm not sure
I venture to see my old friend, the tree
Are her cherries as sweet as in memory?
I drive down the street,
It looks smaller somehow
The houses so even, all straight in a row
I stop at the address; one thirty one
No house, no tree, no signs of the sun
Tracks
1) Forever Lover and Friend
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2) One Note Samba
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3) Little Things
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4) Pickin' Weeds
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5) Being Green
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6) Wrapped Around Your Finger
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7) Out of Town
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8) I've Got You Under My Skin
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9) Cherry Tree
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10) Fathers
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11) Shower the People
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General Info
Released: December, 2007
Musicians:
Russell Ferrante (Piano)
Jerry Watts (Bass)
Mike Shapiro (Drums)