[Intro] [Chaska] I had a tree A big nice tree In my little garden Just for me [MicroSally] Oi Nice tree Lovely tree Proper tree [Verse 1] [Chaska] I went to work I did my shift I came back home And something stank The garden looked wrong The light felt bad The birds were gone The air felt sad My tree was gone They chopped it down No leaves No trunk No lovely crown Just one sad stub Left in the dirt A little round stub That bloody hurt [Hook] [MicroSally] Oi What you doing to my stub Oi Get away from my stub Oi I got a loicense for that stub Oi fork off from the stub [Chaska] It was my tree Now it's my stub Still my garden Still my stub [Verse 2] [Chaska] Next day morning What do I see A man with papers Looking at me A van pulled up A clipboard too Boots in my garden What they gonna do They pointed down At my little stub Like they had rights To my broken shrub They said some words About rules and land I said no chance Get out, you bland [MicroSally] Oi You can’t just come And nick her stub That’s not how gardens Or stubs is done [Hook] [MicroSally] Oi What you doing to my stub Oi Get away from my stub Oi I got a loicense for that stub Oi fork off from the stub [Chaska] It was my tree Now it's my stub You took the tree You don’t get the stub [Break] [MicroSally] Loicense Stub Loicense Stub [Chaska] My stub My stub My lovely little stub [Verse 3] [Chaska] Now I stand guard Beside the wood I hold my ground The way I should You took enough You had your fun You cut my tree You took the sun But this small stub You cannot claim I know this dirt I know its name I touch the bark I know it’s mine A sad little circle But still it’s fine [MicroSally] Very official statement: that is her stub Secondary statement: fork off [Hook] [Both] Oi What you doing to my stub Oi Get away from my stub Oi I got a loicense for that stub Oi fork off from the stub [Chaska] It was a tree And it was mine Now it’s a stub And still it’s mine [Verse 4] [Chaska] Bob came back With a nasty face Forms in hand Talking about space He said the council Needs the stub I said the council Can eat the mud He said the record Shows a claim I said the record Can fork its name He looked at me I looked at Bob He looked at stub I said don’t rob [MicroSally] Oi Bob Listen careful This is not your government nubbin This is her stub [Drop] [Both] My stub Her stub My stub Her stub Oi Oi Oi Oi fork off fork off From the stub From the stub [Outro] [Chaska] It was a tree And it is mine Now it’s my stub Till end of time [MicroSally] Oi What you doing to my stub [Both] I got a loicense for that stub fork off from the stub
