Big Blue Pool and a Billion Trees

Thorin N. Tatge

To “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” by KT Tunstall


Well, the song keeps playin’and the sun is young,

The beasts are talkin’ and the lion’s roarin’.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

I came across a place in the middle of nowhere

with a big blue pool and a billion trees.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

Didn’t know myself until I met my pal,

He said don't go back, just keep explorin’.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

So we came to a bell in a ruined city,

Said, Hey little lady, will you hammer me?”

Woohoo! Woohoo!


But I said no, no, no, no-no-no

I said no, no, leave that hammer be!

My pal may yield to you, but you won't drive me insane;

I said no, no, you're not tempting me

Woohoo!


Now, the queen had a problem at the end of time,

And her sister wouldn’t give up her throne

Woohoo! Woohoo!

So she spoke a word, which she shouldn’t have spoken

And then her whole world went dead and still.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

So we took her to a place in the middle of nowhere

with a big blue pool and a billion trees.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

But the quiet and the calm didn’t make her happy,

And she told us she was gonna come back our way!

Woohoo! Woohoo!


But I said no, no, no, no-no-no

I said no, no, spare us the misery.

If you were any good...well, you would enjoy this wood!

So no, no, you're not tempting me.


Billion pools and a billion trees

If I could just get back there’d be so much to see!

Billion pools and a billion trees

But that’s a greedy thought, ‘cause one world’s all I need.

Woohoo!


But the queen took hold and she wouldn’t let go,

So my pal took her home for to meet his uncle.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

And she stirred up some mayhem in the middle of town,

So we stoked up our courage and we grabbed her ankle.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

We all wound up in the middle of nowhere

with a big blue pool and a billion trees.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

And the nowhere got bigger and the uncle said,

“While they’re busy singing, slip off with me!”

Woohoo! Woohoo!


But we said no, no, no, no-no-no

No, no, here’s where we’d rather be.

This here is something big, and I ain't skipping out!

So no, no, you’re not tempting me.


Woohoo!

So there we were in a brand new world,

With an uncle and a queen and a horse and cabby.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

And the land started growing and the air got rich,

And the horse started flying on great big wings.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

And a great big lion said, “Son of Adam,”

Go bring me an apple from the apple tree.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

But the queen beat us there, and she told my pal,

Take one more apple for your ailing mumsy.

Woohoo! Woohoo!


But he said no, no, no, no-no-no

He said no, no, this fruit don’t belong to me.

I ain’t no errand boy, but I can see right from wrong

And no, no, you’re not tempting me.

Woohoo!

Not tempting me!

Woohoo!


Billion pools and a billion trees

If I could just get back there’d be so much to see!

Brand new world, you’ve been so good to me!

Just might be the place to spend eternity.

Woohoo!



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