Apple Pie

There were some woods back behind our yard
Where we’d go fishing, in the creek
And a clubhouse where my friends and I
Wired up an old TV
But I often return to one precious memory
When I helped my Dad plant an apple tree

He came home one afternoon from work
With that sapling in a pot
And he called to me to come outside
To see what he had bought
And I think we got as close that day
As we could ever be
When I helped my Dad plant that apple tree

He said this tree will take some caring
It’s barely just a seed
You have to make sure it don’t get too dry
And pull away the weeds
It won’t do to be impatient
Eight years no matter what you try
But in time you’ll have a tree to climb
And you’ll be eating apple pie

You know a boy in school’s got more to do
Than working in the yard
But my Dad found joy at working on
Those chores that I found hard
I had nearly finished high school
When he softly said to me
You know there’s apples growing in that apple tree

He said it’s gonna take some caring
It’s barely just a seed
Quietly he raised that tree
Providing for its needs
He said you mustn’t be impatient
Eight years no matter what you try
But in time your kids will have a tree to climb
And you’ll be eating apple pie

I guess we learn by example
When we let lessons to take root
Through the generations
Life’s wisdom bears fruit

Last Thanksgiving greeting Mom and Dad
I thought of where I’d travelled from
A child without a clue into the man that I’d become
And when the kids ran out to climb that tree,
There was moisture in Dad’s eyes
Then he turned and gently smiled at me
And it was all I could do not to cry
And after Turkey, yams, and stuffing,
We shared some homemade apple pie.
Yes life don’t get much sweeter, …
Than delicious apple pie.