## Sparks in the Trees **[Verse 1]** From where I lingered in a lull in March, Outside the sugar-house late at night, I called the fireman, “Stoke that arch, Send those sparks up into the sky.” Bare maple branches, black and still, Moon hanging thin above the hill, Snow on the ground like a bear-skin sheet, Fire in the dark and smoke in the trees. **[Pre-Chorus]** Give it one more, one more stoke, Send it up, up with the smoke. **[Chorus]** Sparks in the trees, sparks in the trees, Up, up, up through the maple leaves. Sparks in the trees, sparks in the trees, Oh-oh-oh, come light it up for me. They don’t gotta be the moon, moon, moon, They just gotta burn where they’re meant to. Leo, Orion, Pleiades— Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. **[Post-Chorus]** Up, up, up— Let ’em go. Up, up, up— With the smoke. Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. **[Verse 2]** I watched a few get caught up high, Little bits of fire against the night, Hanging there in the maple boughs, Like somebody scattered stars around. The moon was small but bright enough To silver every bucket up, And all at once the branches seemed Full of little constellations burning. **[Pre-Chorus]** Give it one more, one more stoke, Send it up, up with the smoke. **[Chorus]** Sparks in the trees, sparks in the trees, Up, up, up through the maple leaves. Sparks in the trees, sparks in the trees, Oh-oh-oh, come light it up for me. They don’t gotta be the moon, moon, moon, They just gotta burn where they’re meant to. Leo, Orion, Pleiades— Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. **[Bridge / Breakdown]** Not the moon, not the moon, They don’t wanna be the moon. Not the moon, not the moon, They got nothing left to prove. Just a spark, just a spark, Little fire in the dark. Just a spark, just a spark— That’s enough to leave a mark. **[Final Chorus]** Sparks in the trees, sparks in the trees, Up, up, up through the maple leaves. Sparks in the trees, sparks in the trees, Oh-oh-oh, come light it up for me. They don’t gotta be the moon, moon, moon, They just gotta burn where they’re meant to. Leo, Orion, Pleiades— Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. **[Outro]** Up, up, up— With the smoke. Up, up, up— Let ’em go. Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. Hey! Hey! Sparks in the trees. Sparks in the trees. Sparks in the trees.
