Nobody Told the Maple Tree

Lyrics

We carved our names in the maple
Back when we were nine and ten
Now the house has got a For Sale sign
And the yard's gone quiet again
The movers took the bunk beds
Took the table and the chairs
But nobody told the maple tree
That we're not coming back up there

Oh, nobody told the maple tree
It's still holding all our names
Through the rain and through the seasons
It's still growing just the same
So here's to the house that raised us
Here's to the doors we've closed
We'll sing it loud from the open road
Wherever the sunset goes

My brother's in the front seat
With the map across his knee
My sister's in the back
Passing sandwiches to me
We drove down the old street slowly
Every window waved goodbye
And the dog howled out the window
Like he knew the reason why

Oh, nobody told the maple tree
It's still holding all our names
Through the rain and through the seasons
It's still growing just the same
So here's to the house that raised us
Here's to the doors we've closed
We'll sing it loud from the open road
Wherever the sunset goes

Home is not the walls, boys
Home is not the floor
Home is who you sing with
When you're rolling down the shore

The porch light's turning amber
In the mirror, getting small
We were the loudest kids on Sycamore
Now we're quiet, that is all
But the harmonica is playing
And we're singing in the van
And the maple keeps on standing
Like it's holding out a hand

Oh, nobody told the maple tree
It's still holding all our names
Through the rain and through the seasons
It's still growing just the same
So here's to the house that raised us
Here's to the doors we've closed
We'll sing it loud from the open road
Wherever the sunset goes

Wherever the sunset goes