The Hanging Tree

Marty Robbins



I came to town to search for gold

And I brought with me a memory

And I seemed to hear the night winds cry

Go hang your dreams on the hanging tree

Your dreams of love that will never be

Hang your faded dreams on the hanging tree.



I searched for gold, and I found my gold

And I found a girl who loved just me

and I wished that I could love her, too

But I left my heart on the hanging tree,

Left my heart with a memory

And my faded dreams on the hanging tree.



Now there were men who craved my gold

And meant to take my gold from me

Where man is gone he needs no gold

So they carried me to the hanging tree

To join my dreams and a memory

Yes, they carried me to the hanging tree.



To really live you must almost die

And it happened just that way with me

They took my gold and set me free

And I walked away from the hanging tree

I walked away from the hanging tree

And my own true love, she walked with me.



That's when I knew that the hanging tree

Is the tree of life, new life for me

The tree of hope, new hope for me,

The tree of love, new love for me,

The hanging tree-the hanging tree-the hanging tree.



Lyrics provided by Betty E. Fisher, Hanover, MD (berfisher@aol.com