Nine years ago
We were all dressed to go
On with our lives
With a burning inside

This willow tree
That you gave to me
We left to die in the sun
When the rains would not come

Cause it's a long way to come to regret
Yeah it's a long way to come

You look at me now
As we fathom out how
We survived the onslaught
That the ages have wrought

And this willow tree
What it means to me?
It survives and remains
Through the wind and the rain

Cause it's a long way to come to regret
Yeah it's a long way to come to regret
Yeah it's a long way to come
Yeah it's a long way to come