Momus - Lovely Tree lyrics

Keep, lovely tree, your leaves in wintertime Stand strongly in your bark of love Make shelter for the lion and the lamb Keep every tender beast safe from the butcher's knife Mothers are giving birth in wintertime Miners find copper in the mine And in a palace made of dangling icicles Grapes of ice are hanging dangling on the lovely vine Last night I wandered in a wasteland I was abandoned to the snow You came through forests thick with tangled undergrowth With chicken soup, a Twix bar and some winter clothes (Keep, lovely tree, your leaves in wintertime)