Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. His primary instrument was the guitar, though he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, and saxophone. Although he failed to find a wide audience during his lifetime, Drake's work has grown steadily in stature, to the extent that he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters of the last 50 years. Wikipedia
Lyrics
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree
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Fame is but a fruit tree So very unsound It can never flourish Till its stalk is in the ground So men of fame Can never find a way Till time has flown Far from their dying day
Forgotten while you're here Remembered for a while A much updated rain From a much updated style
Life is but a memory Happened long ago Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show
Seems so easy Just to let it go on by Till you stop and wonder Why you never wondered why Safe in a womb of an everlasting night You find the darkness can give the brightest light
Safe in your place deep in the earth That's when they'll know What you are really worth
Forgotten while you're here Remembered for a while A much updated rain From a much updated style
Fame is but a fruit tree So very unsound It can never flourish Till its stalk is in the ground So men of fame can never find a way Till time has flown far from their dying day
Fruit tree Fruit tree No one knows you but the rain and the air Don't you worry They'll stand and stare when you're gone
Fruit tree Fruit tree Open your eyes to another yard They will know that you were here when you are gone
Please beware of them that stare
They'll only smile to see you while
Your time away
And once you've seen what they have been
To win the earth just won't seem worth
Your night or your day
Who'll hear what I say.
Look around you find the ground
Is not so far from where you are
Donīt too wise
For down below they never grow
They're always tired and charms are hired
From out of their eyes
Never surprise.
Take your time and you'll be fine
And say a prayer for people there
Who live o
Please beware of them that stare
They'll only smile to see you while
Your time away
And once you've seen what they have been
To win the earth just won't seem worth
Your night or your day
Who'll hear what I say.
Look around you find the ground
Is not so far from where you are
Donīt too wise
For down below they never grow
They're always tired and charms are hired
From out of their eyes
Never surprise.
Take your time and you'll be fine
And say a prayer for people there
Who live o
Haunting and beautiful.