Tree Spiker
From the 1987 Earth First! Round River Rendezvous

When I was a young boy
	in the Sierra Club.
I prayed to the Freddies
	and the good Lord above.
I asked for more wilderness
	and old growth trees.
I quoted the facts and I always said please.

But after a few years
	it dawned upon me.
When they built them damn roads
	they took all the trees.
And I was so poor
	and too blind to see.
Now I’m a tree spiker
	have pity on me


Chorus:
	I’ve been a tree spiker for many a year.
	I spend all my money on tree spikes and beer.
	And down to the valley where the tall timber grows.
	How many I’ve gotten,
		well, nobody knows

Well,
	I spiked me some redwoods
	And I spiked me some pines.
	And they tried to stop me
	With rewards and fines.
	The cops and the Freddies,
	Are out on my tail.
	But I’m a tree spiker,
	And I’ll never get nailed.

Chorus (twice)







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