The Hanging Tree Marty Robbins
I came to town to
search for gold
And I brought
with me a memory
And I seem to hear
the night wind cry
Go hang your dreams
on the hangin' tree
Your dreams of love
that could never be
Hang your faded dreams
on the hangin' tree
I searched tor 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'd left my heart
on the hangin' tree
I'd left my heart
with a memory
And a faded dream
on the hangin' tree
Now there were men
who craved my gold
And meant to take
my gold from me
When a man is gone
he needs no gold
So they carried me
to the hangin' tree
To join my dreams
and a memory
Yes they carried me
to the hangin' tree
To really live
you must almost die
And it happened just
that way with me
They took the gold
and set me free
And I walked away
from the hangin' tree
I walked away from
the hangin' tree
And my own true love
she walked with me
That's when I knew
that the hangin' tree
Was a tree of life
new life for me
A tree of hope
new hope for me
A tree of love
new love tor me
The hangin' tree
the hangin' tree
the hangin' tree