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Last winter, my family and I went to Kona Village in Hawaii for vacation. For the first time in a very long time, I felt completely relaxed. Every night I would go back to this one specific hammock and listen to a combination of my ipod and the waves. I could see the stars above me, the ocean to the side, and the sand below me. I wrote this song while on the hammock one night... (This song actually features a lot of song references because that was what I was listening to at the time when I wrote this song)

Paradise Beneath That Tree
12/24/08

My feet trudge through the coarse sand
To get to where I can listen to my favorite band
The closer I get to my favorite place
The closer I get to stopping time and space
And when I get to paradise beneath that tree
I’ll sing this song, a song for you and me

See the stars twinkle
Hear the waves rumble
And feel the hammock sway beneath us
The past is gone forever
And tomorrow may never come
Time moves slowly
Lying beneath that tree

Lying down in this swinging bed
Can feel my body drop down like lead
Sing a hallelujah for all the world to see
Maybe then I can score a little victory
And when I get to paradise beneath that tree
I’ll sing this song, a song for you and me

See the stars twinkle
Hear the waves rumble
And feel the hammock sway beneath us
The past is gone forever
And tomorrow may never come
Time moves slowly
Lying beneath that tree

Float me out to all at sea
Float me out just to let me be
Float me out to all at sea
Float me out just to let me be

I have never been so very alone
But now I feel as if I’m part of something more
The stars and the sea come together as one
Now I finally feel as if I belong
And when I get to paradise beneath that tree
I’ll sing this song, a song for you and me