THE FACE ON THE TREE

(This is a True Story I Remembered as a child)

IT WAS 1973 WHEN A FACE WATCHED US PLAY

ME AND MY PALS ON OUR SCHOOL HOLIDAY

WE WENT TO THE WOODS FOR A RIDE ON THE SLOPES

BUT WHAT WE ALL WITNESSED WAS BY NO MEANS A JOKE.

I'VE NEVER FORGOT THAT DAY IN THE WOOD

I WAS ABOUT 10 AND LIFE WAS SO GOOD

THE LADS AND I WERE ALL PLAYING ABOUT

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD MY FRIEND SHOUT.

WHAT'S THAT ON THE TREE? HE SCREAMED OUT SO LOUD

WE DROPPED ALL OUR BIKES AND GATHERED AROUND

IT WAS A FACE IN THE LEAVES OF A CHERUB WE SAW

WE LOOKED AND JUST STARED IT FREAKED OUT US ALL.

THIS CREEPY STRANGE FACE IN DEAD LEAVES ON A TREE 

BUT WE ALL SAW THE FACE BACK IN 73

WE ALL FINISHED PLAYING AND WE GAVE OUT A GROAN

WE TOOK A LAST LOOK AS WE HEADED FOR HOME.

WE WENT BACK TO THE WOOD THE VERY NEXT DAY

WE RUSHED TO THE TREE BUT WERE IN DISMAY

IT WAS ALL BARE WHERE THE FACE HAD APPEARED 

THE LEAVES HAD JUST VANISHED, THE FACE DISAPPEARED.