Released on the album "Last Exit" in 1969 on Island Records.
Words and music by Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi.
Intro: Gm D/F# Gm F/G
E5
Withering tree, bearing no fruit
Bm
Never will see an evergreen suit
A A7
Reaching right out, out for the sun
E5 E7sus4 E5
Broken old branches, fall one by one
D E5
Into the arms of eternity
F7
You're too young to live
F#7 G7
In a world full of lies
Gb7 F7
So you turn to the touchables
F#7 G7
Who touch liquid skies
D/F# Gm F/G Gm
And cry through the eye of a needle
Fighting the fish up from the deep
Oh how I wish the lake would not sleep
Following dreams into the blue
There you will see, hidden from view
Trees in the arms of eternity
Into the arms of eternity (repeat and fade)